Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity

Summary The grand themes of Albert Camus' work and life are documented in three chapters: the Absurd, Revolt, and Happiness. His novels The Stranger, The Plague, The Rebel, The Fall and The First Man are all discussed, as well as his childhood in French Algeria, sometimes difficult friendships, role in The Resistance during WWII, 1957 Nobel Prize, his issues with Communism, living in exile in the '50s, and his accidental death at 47. His life is spoken about by the narrator, his sister-in-law, his son, his daughter, friends, critics, scholars and mistresses. The impression is of Camus as a charismatic, flawed, and yet principled man when it came to the task of confronting human existence without conforming.

S14.E5 ∙ Albert Camus: The Madness of Sincerity

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Fay Weldon A.N. Wilson Simon Winchester Ian Hamilton

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Genres : Biography

Release date : Oct 10, 1997

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Union Pictures Productions

Summary The grand themes of Albert Camus' work and life are documented in three chapters: the Absurd, Revolt, and Happiness. His novels The Stranger, The Plague, The Rebel, The Fall and The First Man are all discussed, as well as his childhood in French Algeria, sometimes difficult friendships, role in The Resistance during WWII, 1957 Nobel Prize, his issues with Communism, living in exile in the '50s, and his accidental death at 47. His life is spoken about by the narrator, his sister-in-law, his son, his daughter, friends, critics, scholars and mistresses. The impression is of Camus as a charismatic, flawed, and yet principled man when it came to the task of confronting human existence without conforming.

Details

Genres : Biography

Release date : Oct 10, 1997

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Union Pictures Productions

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