Movie: Dark Night, October 17, 1961

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ouassini Embarek
Ouassini Embarek

Abdé

Atmen Kelif
Atmen Kelif

Tarek

Abdelhafid Metalsi
Abdelhafid Metalsi

Ali Saïd

Hocine Choutri
Hocine Choutri

Ahmed

Mounir Margoum
Mounir Margoum

Mohamed

Ahcène Nini
Ahcène Nini

Le réfractaire

Jalil Naciri
Jalil Naciri

Maurice

Salem Kali
Salem Kali

L'Algérien au barrage

Reda Samoudi
Reda Samoudi

Hocine

Djemel Barek
Djemel Barek

L'homme de l'escalier

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    Nuit Noire, 17 Octobre 1961

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2005-06-07

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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