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What The Day Owes The Night (Ce que le jour doit à la nuit)

German title: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (Was der Tag der Nacht schuldet)
Russian title: Это как день посреди ночи
Original title: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

Drama – France
Production year: 2011
Movie length: 162 minutes

Director: Alexandre Arcady
Writer: Alexandre Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont, Blandine Stintzy, Alexandra Deman, Antoine Lacomblez, Katie Pouchaudon
Cinematograph: Gilles Henry
Music: Armand Amar

Movie description:

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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