The Lives of Albert Camus Poster

The Lives of Albert Camus 2020

★ 8.03 votes98 min📅 2020-01-22

"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 ne

Director: Georges-Marc Benamou

Cast

Philippe Torreton
Philippe Torreton
Narrator
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Self (archive footage)
Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet
Self
Catherine Camus
Catherine Camus
Self
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
Self (archive footage)
Robert Namia
Self (archive footage)