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