Dark Night, October 17, 1961
Nuit Noire, 17 Octobre 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
Vahina Giocante
as Marie-Hélène
Frank Berjot
as Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
Alexandre Carrière
as L'infirmier du centre de tri
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
as Le patron d'Abde
Atmen Kelif
as Tarek
Adel Bencherif
as Le collecteur
Clotilde Courau
as Sabine
Antoine Chain
as Le planton Nanterre
Serge Riaboukine
as Brigadier Tiercé
Luc Palun
as M. René
Nicolas Jouhet
as Ginet
Julien Lucas
as Michaud
Stéphan Wojtowicz
as Le rédacteur
Djemel Barek
as L'homme de l'escalier
Jean-Michel Portal
as Martin
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
as Ministre Frey
Hocine Choutri
as Ahmed
Salem Kali
as L'Algérien au barrage
Reda Samoudi
as Hocine
Philippe Bas
as Delmas
Marie Denarnaud
as Isabelle Martin
Jean-Michel Fête
as Bertaut
Michel Scotto di Carlo
as Level
Ouassini Embarek
as Abdé
Aurélien Recoing
as Somveille
Grégoire Oestermann
as Nicolas
Loïc Brabant
as Legay
Abdelhafid Metalsi
as Ali Saïd
Mounir Margoum
as Mohamed
Ahcène Nini
as Le réfractaire
Jalil Naciri
as Maurice
Tayeb Belmihoub
as Haroun
Matthias Van Khache
as Jojo
Christophe Kourotchkine
as Le journaliste
Florence Thomassin
as Nathalie
Alain Rimoux
as Chaix
Guillaume Cramoisan
as Le médecin du centre de tri
Patrick Bonnel
as Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème
