Release Date

22 Jan, 2020

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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.

Original Title

Les Vies d'Albert Camus

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Actors

Philippe Torreton

Albert Camus

Michel Bouquet

Catherine Camus

Francine Faure

María Casares

Chloé Réjon

Max-Pol Fouchet

Blanche Balain

Robert Namia

Marcello Mastroianni

Brice Parrain

Geroges Altschuler

Janine Gallimard

Francis Jeanson

Jean Daniel

Emmanuel Roblès

Charles Poncet

Mette Ivers

Patricia Blake

Jean Douché

Crew

Georges-Marc Benamou

Georges-Marc Benamou

Fabienne Alvarez-Giro

Gréco Casadesus

Laurent Fénart

Sebastian Dewsberry

Philippe Grimont

Laurent Schwartz