The Lives of Albert Camus (2020)

ALL 01/22/2020 (fr) Documentary, History, TV Movie 98 Min
  • Release
    01/22/2020
  • Production
    Siècle Productions, France Télévisions
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Les Vies d'Albert Camus
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A struck hero. An interrupted fate. This is how Albert Camus is told, 60 years after his disappearance, by Philippe Torreton in the film by Georges-Marc Benamou. At ground level, in order to see him revive, move, love and fight.

Overview

Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature. Author of “L'Etranger”, one of the most widely read novels in the world, philosopher of the absurd and of revolt, resistant, journalist, playwright, Albert Camus had an extraordinary destiny. Child of the poor districts of Algiers, tuberculosis patient, orphan of father, son of an illiterate and deaf mother, he tore himself away from his condition thanks to his teacher. French from Algeria, he never ceased to fight for equality with the Arabs and the Kabyle, while fearing the Independence of the FLN. Founded on restored and colorized archives, and first-hand accounts, this documentary attempts to paint the portrait of Camus as he was.

  1. Story

  2. Producer



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  1. Philippe Torreton

    Narrator

  2. Albert Camus

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Michel Bouquet

    Self

  4. Catherine Camus

    Self

  5. Francine Faure

    Self (archive footage)

  6. María Casares

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Chloé Réjon

    (voice)

  8. Max-Pol Fouchet

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Blanche Balain

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Robert Namia

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Marcello Mastroianni

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Brice Parrain

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Geroges Altschuler

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Janine Gallimard

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Francis Jeanson

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Jean Daniel

    Self (archive footage)

  17. Emmanuel Roblès

    Self (archive footage)

  18. Charles Poncet

    Self (archive footage)

  19. Mette Ivers

    Self

  20. Patricia Blake

    Self (archive footage)

  21. Jean Douché

    Self (archive footage)

  22. Carl-Gustav Bjurström

    Self (archive footage)

  23. Catherine Sellers

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Jules Roy

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 8

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The Lives of Albert Camus (2020) 98 Min

ALL 01/22/2020 (fr)
Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • Release 01/22/2020
  • Production
    Siècle Productions, France Télévisions
  • Original title Les Vies d'Albert Camus
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

A struck hero. An interrupted fate. This is how Albert Camus is told, 60 years after his disappearance, by Philippe Torreton in the film by Georges-Marc Benamou. At ground level, in order to see him revive, move, love and fight.

Overview

Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature. Author of “L'Etranger”, one of the most widely read novels in the world, philosopher of the absurd and of revolt, resistant, journalist, playwright, Albert Camus had an extraordinary destiny. Child of the poor districts of Algiers, tuberculosis patient, orphan of father, son of an illiterate and deaf mother, he tore himself away from his condition thanks to his teacher. French from Algeria, he never ceased to fight for equality with the Arabs and the Kabyle, while fearing the Independence of the FLN. Founded on restored and colorized archives, and first-hand accounts, this documentary attempts to paint the portrait of Camus as he was.

  1. Georges-Marc Benamou

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Fabienne Alvarez-Giro

    Editor

  4. Producer