What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
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Cast
Fu'ad Aït Aattou as Younès / Jonas
Mohamed Fellag as Mohamed
Nicolas Giraud as Fabrice
Olivier Barthélémy as Jean-Cristophe
Is What the Day Owes the Night good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 253 TMDB ratings.
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. Wikipedia ↗
