Sartre/Camus: A Fractured Friendship

May 22, 2014

0h 55m

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Overview

Sartre and Camus, the two most world-famous, 20th century, French writers, form a legendary and inseparable couple. The two extraordinary thinkers propelled the figure of the politically engaged writer into the limelight.

Genres

History

Documentary

Production Companies

Chiloé productions

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Cast

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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Albert Camus

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Michel Contat

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Raphaël Enthoven

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Roger Grenier

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François Noudelmann

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Yves-Marc Ajchenbaum

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Ronald Aronson

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Annie Cohen-Solal

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Annick Cojean

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Gilles Philippe

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Françoise Seligmann

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