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Dark Night, October 17, 1961( 2005)

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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.

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      Ouassini Embarek

      Abdé

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      Atmen Kelif

      Tarek

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      Abdelhafid Metalsi

      Ali Saïd

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      Hocine Choutri

      Ahmed

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      Mounir Margoum

      Mohamed

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      Ahcène Nini

      Le réfractaire

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      Jalil Naciri

      Maurice

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      Salem Kali

      L'Algérien au barrage

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      Reda Samoudi

      Hocine

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      Djemel Barek

      L'homme de l'escalier

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      Tayeb Belmihoub

      Haroun

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      Adel Bencherif

      Le collecteur

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      Clotilde Courau

      Sabine

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      Jean-Michel Portal

      Martin

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      Florence Thomassin

      Nathalie

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      Vahina Giocante

      Marie-Hélène

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      Philippe Bas

      Delmas

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      Aurélien Recoing

      Somveille

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      Serge Riaboukine

      Brigadier Tiercé

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      Marie Denarnaud

      Isabelle Martin

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      Frank Berjot

      Le policier commissariat du 18 ème

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      Thierry Fortineau

      Papon

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      Lyèce Boukhitine

      Le voisin d'Abde

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      Jean-Michel Fête

      Bertaut

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      Matthias Van Khache

      Jojo

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      Michel Trillot

      Marcel

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      Michel Scotto di Carlo

      Level

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      Alain Rimoux

      Chaix

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      Luc Palun

      M. René

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      Grégoire Oestermann

      Nicolas

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      Nicolas Jouhet

      Ginet

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      Stefan Elbaum

      Favre

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      Guillaume Cramoisan

      Le médecin du centre de tri

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      Pierre-Alain Chapuis

      Ministre Frey

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      Antoine Chain

      Le planton Nanterre

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      Alexandre Carrière

      L'infirmier du centre de tri

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      Loïc Brabant

      Legay

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      Bruno Abraham-Kremer

      Le patron d'Abde

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      Patrick Bonnel

      Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème

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      Christophe Kourotchkine

      Le journaliste

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      Jérôme Le Paulmier

      Le tueur d'Abde

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      Julien Lucas

      Michaud

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      Stéphan Wojtowicz

      Le rédacteur

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      Djamel Afnai

      L'Algérien qui rit

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      Marie-Charlotte Salmon

      A secretary

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • police brutality
    • pogrom
    • racism
    • algeria
    • french colonialism
    • 1960s
    • algerian war (1954-62)
    • state crimes
    • djazair