The Sun AssassinatedMovie
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.
About The Sun Assassinated
The Sun Assassinated is a 2004 movie directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 25m, production credits from Algeria, Belgium, France, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Charles Berling, Ouassini Embarek, Mehdi Dehbi, Lotfi Abdelli. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
