Movie: The Lives of Albert Camus

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Philippe Torreton
Philippe Torreton

Narrator

Albert Camus
Albert Camus

Self (archive footage)

Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet

Self

Catherine Camus
Catherine Camus

Self

Francine Faure
Francine Faure

Self (archive footage)

María Casares
María Casares

Self (archive footage)

Chloé Réjon
Chloé Réjon

(voice)

Max-Pol Fouchet
Max-Pol Fouchet

Self (archive footage)

Blanche Balain
Blanche Balain

Self (archive footage)

Robert Namia
Robert Namia

Self (archive footage)

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    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.

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    2020-01-22

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    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.

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