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Release Year2011
Runtime0h 52m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
Votes1
DirectorÉric Sarner
WritersÉric Sarner
TypeFeature Film
Rating10.0 out of 10
Cast2 credited
Also Known AsSénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète
About Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète
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.
Directed by Éric Sarner, Sénac, Jean. Algérien, Poète leans on a strong ensemble — Jean Sénac, Éric Sarner — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2011.
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