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What the Day Owes the Night is a french film of genre Drama directed by Alexandre Arcady with Fu'ad Aït Aattou
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
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Add to a movie listWhat the Day Owes the Night (French: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit) is a 2012 French drama film based on the novel of the same name by Yasmina Khadra.
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Inspiré de faits réels. L'histoire parcourt l'Algérie des années 1930 aux années 1960, racontant le destin de Younes, jeune Algérien élevé comme un pied-noir par son oncle. Il traverse les tragédies vécues par son pays, dont l'attaque de Mers el-Kébir et la guerre d'Algérie, sur un fond d'histoire d'amour impossible.Actors
Fu'ad Aït Aattou
(Younès / Jonas)
Nora Arnezeder
(Émilie)
Anne Parillaud
(Madame Cazenave)
Vincent Pérez
(Juan Rucillio)
Mohamed Fellag
(Mohamed)
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