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What the Day Owes the Night

Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

20122h 42mDrama · Romance
directed by Alexandre Arcady
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Nora Arnezeder·Émilie
Fu'ad Aït Aattou·Younès / Jonas
Anne Parillaud·Madame Cazenave
Vincent Perez·Juan Rucillio
Anne Consigny·Madeleine
Mohamed Fellag·Mohamed
Nicolas Giraud·Fabrice
Olivier Barthélémy·Jean-Cristophe
Marine Vacth·Isabelle
Matthias Van Khache·Simon/Michel adulte