Dark Night, October 17, 1961
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
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Cast
Ouassini Embarek
Atmen Kelif
Abdelhafid Metalsi
Hocine Choutri
Mounir Margoum
Ahcène Nini
Jalil Naciri
Salem Kali
Reda Samoudi
Djemel Barek
Tayeb Belmihoub
Adel Bencherif
Clotilde Courau
Jean-Michel Portal
Florence Thomassin
Vahina Giocante
Philippe Bas
Aurélien Recoing
Serge Riaboukine
Marie Denarnaud
Frank Berjot
Thierry Fortineau
Lyèce Boukhitine
Jean-Michel Fête
Matthias Van Khache
Michel Trillot
Michel Scotto di Carlo
Alain Rimoux
Luc Palun
Grégoire Oestermann
Nicolas Jouhet
Stefan Elbaum
Guillaume Cramoisan
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Antoine Chain
Alexandre Carrière
Loïc Brabant
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Patrick Bonnel
Christophe Kourotchkine
Jérôme Le Paulmier
Julien Lucas
Stéphan Wojtowicz
Djamel Afnai
Marie-Charlotte Salmon
