What the Day Owes the Night
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
2012, Film, 162 min, Drama, Romance, French, France, MoviePedia score 71
Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.
Directed by Alexandre Arcady
Cast
- Nora Arnezeder as Jonas' girlfriend
- Fu'ad Aït Aattou as Jonas
- Anne Parillaud as Émilie's mother
- Vincent Perez as Juan Rucillio
- Anne Consigny as Madeleine
- Mohamed Fellag as Mohamed
- Nicolas Giraud as Fabrice
- Olivier Barthélémy as Jean-Christophe
- Marine Vacth as Isabelle
- Matthias Van Khache as Michel
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