

Dark Night, October 17, 1961(2005)
Overview
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

Atmen Kelif
Tarek

Abdelhafid Metalsi
Ali Saïd

Hocine Choutri
Ahmed

Mounir Margoum
Mohamed

Ahcène Nini
Le réfractaire

Jalil Naciri
Maurice

Salem Kali
L'Algérien au barrage

Reda Samoudi
Hocine

Djemel Barek
L'homme de l'escalier

Tayeb Belmihoub
Haroun

Adel Bencherif
Le collecteur

Clotilde Courau
Sabine

Jean-Michel Portal
Martin

Florence Thomassin
Nathalie

Vahina Giocante
Marie-Hélène

Philippe Bas
Delmas

Aurélien Recoing
Somveille

Serge Riaboukine
Brigadier Tiercé

Marie Denarnaud
Isabelle Martin

Frank Berjot
Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
Thierry Fortineau
Papon
Lyèce Boukhitine
Le voisin d'Abde

Jean-Michel Fête
Bertaut

Matthias Van Khache
Jojo
Michel Trillot
Marcel

Michel Scotto di Carlo
Level

Alain Rimoux
Chaix

Luc Palun
M. René

Grégoire Oestermann
Nicolas

Nicolas Jouhet
Ginet
Stefan Elbaum
Favre

Guillaume Cramoisan
Le médecin du centre de tri

Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Ministre Frey

Antoine Chain
Le planton Nanterre

Alexandre Carrière
L'infirmier du centre de tri

Loïc Brabant
Legay

Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Le patron d'Abde

Patrick Bonnel
Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème

Christophe Kourotchkine
Le journaliste
Jérôme Le Paulmier
Le tueur d'Abde

Julien Lucas
Michaud

Stéphan Wojtowicz
Le rédacteur
Djamel Afnai
L'Algérien qui rit
Marie-Charlotte Salmon
A secretary
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