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What the Day Owes the Night
2012 7.7 (224 votes) 3h 2m
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Genres
Drama Romance
Production Companies
Wild Bunch

What the Day Owes the Night (Ce que le jour doit à la nuit)

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Alexandre Arcady

Writer: Blandine Stintzy, Alexandre Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont

Producer: Adrian Politowski, Christophe Louis, Gilles Waterkeyn, Alexandre Arcady, Nadia Khamlichi

Director of Photography: Gilles Henry

Top Cast

Nora Arnezeder
Nora Arnezeder

Émilie

Fu'ad Aït Aattou
Fu'ad Aït Aattou

Younès / Jonas

Anne Parillaud
Anne Parillaud

Madame Cazenave

Vincent Perez
Vincent Perez

Juan Rucillio

Anne Consigny
Anne Consigny

Madeleine

Mohamed Fellag
Mohamed Fellag

Mohamed

Nicolas Giraud
Nicolas Giraud

Fabrice

Olivier Barthélémy
Olivier Barthélémy

Jean-Cristophe

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