What the Day Owes the Night (2012)2h42
Drama · Romance
Director Alexandre Arcady
Also directed Hold-up, Comme les 5 doigts de la main, K, and 18 more
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.
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Cast
Nora Arnezeder
Fu'ad Aït Aattou
Anne Parillaud
Vincent Perez
Anne Consigny
Mohamed Fellag
Nicolas Giraud
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