02 May 1966
¿Por qué morir en Madrid?
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Amour de vivre
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.
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Michael Mesquida Narrator (voice)
Agnès Spiquel Self - Camus' Scholar
Josefina Salord Self - Philologist and Camus' Scholar
Jean-Jacques Jordi Self - Historian
Marta Marfany Self - Writer
Khelhil Redovane Self - Baker
Jean-Claude Xuereb Self - Poet
Pierre-Louis Rey Self - Writer
Christiane Chaulet-Achour Self - Professor of Literature
Henri Bonnamour Self - Priest
Olivier Todd Self - Camus' Biographer
François Chavanes Self - Priest and Writer
Joan Triadú Self - Camus' Scholar
Sami Naïr Self - Philosopher
Pere Maragall i Mira Self - Historian
Abdellah Abdi Self - Library Curator
Maïssa Bey Self - Writer
Jean Daniel Self - Writer and Journalist
Robert Gallimard Self - Editor
Hélène Rufat Self - Professor of Literature
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