Sartre, Years of Passion

The film basically covers the period from 1958 – the high point of Sartre's existentialist period, to the political rumblings of 1964 with the Algerian war in the background and events which would lead to the downfall of De Gaulle in 1968. During the nearly 3 hour saga we get a complete picture of Sartre the Philosopher, Sartre the writer, Sartre the politically-engaged anti-colonial media celebrity, and, last but not least – Sartre the hideous skirt chaser! ~ It was no secret that he and his true love, Simon de Beauvoir, herself an internationally acclaimed writer (and a leading spokesman of the Women's movement with her widely translated best-seller "The Second Sex") had a so-called "open relationship", allowing for outside affairs without recrimination, and it was also no secret that the rather physically repulsive philosopher made maximum use of his fame and notoriety to get laid as often as possible.

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