The Sun Assassinated
Overview
The poet Jean Sénac, also a radio host, chose to stay in Algeria after his country's independence in 1962. Ten years later, a protester and libertarian, he was monitored by the regime's police. His poems attract a popular audience and his show is a real success with young people. Also, when Hamid and Belkacem, two students, learn that the play they wrote and presented at the first national Algerian theater festival is downgraded under the pretext that they performed it in French, their pain will be alleviated by the presence behind the scenes by Jean Sénac who congratulates them. The latter will become close friends of the poet and witness his fight for the freedom and culture of Algerian youth. A fight which would lead Sénac to martyrdom: one night in August 1973, he was assassinated in the cellar which served as his apartment. Hamid is accused of the murder.
About The Sun Assassinated (2004)
The Sun Assassinated (2004) is a feature movie in Algeria. It was directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul and written by Abdelkrim Bahloul and Charlotte Guigue. On screen you will see Charles Berling, Ouassini Embarek, Mehdi Dehbi, Lotfi Abdelli and Abbes Zahmani. With a runtime of 1h 25m, the film averages 5.3/10 across 10 TMDB ratings.
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