What the Day Owes the Night
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What the Day Owes the Night

(2012)Directed by Alexandre Arcady162 minDrama, Romance

In 1930s Algeria, nine-year-old Younes is handed over to his uncle in Oran and given a new name, Jonas. He grows up among the Rio Salado boys, a gang whose members are all in love with Émilie (Nora Arnezeder), and it is Jonas (Fu'ad Aït Aattou) she is drawn to. Alexandre Arcady adapts Yasmina Khadra's novel, and the love between them has to live inside a country that keeps pulling its people apart.

Nora Arnezederas Émilie
Fu'ad Aït Aattouas Younès / Jonas
Anne Parillaudas Madame Cazenave
Vincent Perezas Juan Rucillio
Anne Consignyas Madeleine
Mohamed Fellagas Mohamed
Nicolas Giraudas Fabrice
Olivier Barthélémyas Jean-Cristophe
Marine Vacthas Isabelle
Matthias Van Khacheas Simon/Michel adulte
Tayeb Belmihoubas Issa
Jean-Claude de Gorosas Le maire de Rio Salado
Stefan Godinas Comandant de Gendarmerie
Jeanne Bournaudas Hélène
Sarra El Borjas Zineb
Sébastien Magneas José
Jean-Pierre Beckeras L'instituteur
Frédéric Longboisas Le chanteur
Ahcène Benzerrarias Le caïd
Daniel Saint-Hamontas Le notaire
Iyad Bouchias Younès / Jonas (enfant)