What the Day Owes the Night

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What the Day Owes the Night

2012

3h 2m

7.7(224 votes)

Drama

Romance

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.

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52 members

Acting

Nora Arnezeder

Émilie

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Fu'ad Aït Aattou

Younès / Jonas

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Anne Parillaud

Madame Cazenave

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Vincent Perez

Juan Rucillio

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Anne Consigny

Madeleine

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Mohamed Fellag

Mohamed

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Nicolas Giraud

Fabrice

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Olivier Barthélémy

Jean-Cristophe

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Marine Vacth

Isabelle

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Matthias Van Khache

Simon/Michel adulte

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Tayeb Belmihoub

Issa

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Salim Kéchiouche

Djelloul

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Moussa Maaskri

Krimo

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Abbes Zahmani

Bliss

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Jean-Claude de Goros

Le maire de Rio Salado

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Stefan Godin

Comandant de Gendarmerie

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Jeanne Bournaud

Hélène

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Sarra El Borj

Zineb

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Sébastien Magne

José

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Jean-Pierre Becker

L'instituteur

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Frédéric Longbois

Le chanteur

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Ahcène Benzerrari

Le caïd

Writing

Daniel Saint-Hamont

Le notaire

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Iyad Bouchi

Younès / Jonas (enfant)

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Nova-Louna Castano

Émilie (enfant)

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Ilana Ferreira

Isabelle (enfant)

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Martin Rompteaux

Jean-Christophe (enfant)

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Nicolas Rompteaux

Simon (enfant)

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Eliott Lobrot

Fabrice (enfant)

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Inès Daldoul

Zahra (enfant)

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Med Hédi

Michel (enfant)

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Khalil Letaief

Michel (enfant)

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Jean-François Poron

Jonas

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Jacques Frantz

Jean-Christophe (70 ans)

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Samira Laabadi

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Abderrazek Hammami

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Farès Belhassen

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Nissaf Ben Hafsia

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Armel Sosso

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Nejib Belhassen

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Jamel Sassi

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Med Walid Messaoudi

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Jean-Marc Mercier

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Guy Amram

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Lotfi Ben Belgacem

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Nebris Belkacem

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Fares Landoulsi

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Bernadette Machilot

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André Ferre

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Yadh Beji

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Pierre Roukhon

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Pierre Abbou

Le cafetier Oran

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