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The Sun Assassinated is a french film of genre Drama directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul with Charles Berling
The Sun Assassinated (2004)
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Add to a movie listLe Soleil assassiné est un film franco-belgo-tunisio-algérien réalisé par Abdelkrim Bahloul et sorti en 2003.
Produit par Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre et les frères Dardenne, le film évoque la mémoire du poète Jean Sénac (1926-1973), assassiné en août 1973 dans des conditions mystérieuses.
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Animateur de l’émission Poésie sur tous les fronts sur une radio algérienne, le poète Jean Sénac choisit, au moment de l’accès à l’indépendance de l’Algérie, de rester dans ce pays. Des années après, les relations avec le pouvoir se sont nettement dégradées et la police politique, le considérant comme un subversif dangereux de surcroît homosexuel, le surveille de près.Actors
Charles Berling
(Jean Sénac)
Mehdi Dehbi
(Hamid)
Alexis Loret
(Belkacem)
Abbes Zahmani
(Othmane)
Julia Maraval
(Keltoum)
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