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.
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Cast
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Charles Berling
Jean Sénac
Known for
March of the Penguins
What's in a Name
Ouassini Embarek
Belkacem
Known for
Athena
Baise-moi
Mehdi Dehbi
Hamid
Known for
Messiah
London Has Fallen
Lotfi Abdelli
Zine
Known for
House of Saddam
When Pigs Have Wings
Abbes Zahmani
Othmane
Known for
Camping
Disco
Alexis Loret
Belkacem
Known for
Being 17
In Harmony
Julia Maraval
Keltoum
Known for
Because of a Boy
Clotilde de Bayser
Nathalie
Known for
The Little Thief
Jean Sénac
(relative character)
Abdelkrim Bahloul Director · Charlotte Guigue Writer Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz Writer
First release August 18, 2004 · Produced in Algeria, Belgium, France, Tunisia · Languages Arabic, French
Production
Algeria · Belgium · France · Tunisia
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Original title
Le Soleil Assassiné
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
France · August 18, 2004
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No release date listed for United States.
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