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Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète
10.0 / 10• 2011• 52m•NR• French
Documentary
Storyline
Jean Sénac, born in Béni Saf in Algeria in 1926 and died in Algiers in 1973, is today considered one of the great French writers and poets and the only one of his reputation to have accompanied the Algerian revolution before November 1954. part of all the debates and got involved, very early and with immense enthusiasm, in a work of commitment which ended badly. His poetry, his sexual preferences and his political lyricism work against him: rejected as much by the Pieds Noirs as by the FLN activists then by the power in place in Algiers, Jean Sénac was assassinated in 1973 at his home in Algiers, in circumstances never clarified.
Cast & Crew
Jean Sénac
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Éric Sarner
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Éric Sarner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
