Amour de vivre
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55% Critic Match

Amour de vivre

5.5 / 10 2010 52mNR French
DocumentaryTV Movie

Storyline

An account of the brief life of the writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), a Frenchman born in Algeria: his Spanish origin on the isle of Menorca, his childhood in Algiers, his literary career and his constant struggle against the pomposity of French bourgeois intellectuals, his communist commitment, his love for Spain and his opposition to the independence of Algeria, since it would cause the loss of his true home, his definitive estrangement.

Cast & Crew

MM

Michael Mesquida

Narrator (voice)

Lead
AS

Agnès Spiquel

Self - Camus' Scholar

JS

Josefina Salord

Self - Philologist and Camus' Scholar

JJ

Jean-Jacques Jordi

Self - Historian

MM

Marta Marfany

Self - Writer

KR

Khelhil Redovane

Self - Baker

JX

Jean-Claude Xuereb

Self - Poet

Pierre-Louis Rey

Pierre-Louis Rey

Self - Writer

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Isabelle Fournet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Amour de vivre is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker