The Assassinated Sun (French: Le Soleil assassiné) is a 2003 drama film co-written and directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul. A biographical portrait of the Algerian poet Jean Sénac, it premiered at the 60th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Upstream sidebar. It won the Sebastiane Award at the 51st San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Cast
Charles Berling as Jean Sénac
Mehdi Dehbi as Hamid
Alexis Loret as Belkacem
Abbes Zahmani as Othmane
Julia Maraval as Keltoum
Clotilde de Bayser as Nathalie
Lotfi Abdelli as Zine
Ouassini Embarek as Belkacem
Hichem Rostom as Bramsi
Fethi Haddaoui as the interrogated man