October 17, 1961
2005 · Movie · 108 min. · France
A scared young French 'flic', his violently racist colleagues, a polite Algerian schoolboy, a scrupulous police sergeant, a tenacious journalist, hot-blooded merciless FLN-militants, a naive school teacher, a nasty chief of police and a ruthless police prefect are all featuring in a possible string of events leading up to an actual piece of French-Algerian history: the bloody confrontation between a peaceful, 20,000 strong FLN-demonstration and a bloodthirsty police mob in the streets of Paris, on the night of October 17, 1961.
Direction Alain Tasma
Cast Jean-Michel Portal · Ouassini Embarek · Clotilde Courau · Thierry Fortineau · Atmen Kelif · Florence Thomassin · Vahina Giocante · Philippe Bas · Aurélien Recoing · Jalil Naciri · Serge Riaboukine · Marie Denarnaud · Abdelhafid Metalsi · Jean-Michel Fete · Matthias Van Khache · Luc Palun
Soundtrack Cyril Morin
Screenplay Patrick Rotman · François-Olivier Rousseau · Alain Tasma
Cinematography Roger Dorieux
Original title Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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