What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night

182 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 12, 2012

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.

What the Day Owes the Night

182 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 12, 2012

What the Day Owes the Night
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Wild Bunch
Original title Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
Directors Alexandre Arcady
Writers Yasmina Khadra, Blandine Stintzy, Alexandre Arcady, Daniel Saint-Hamont

Cast

Nora Arnezeder

as Émilie

Fu'ad Aït Aattou

as Younès / Jonas

Anne Parillaud

as Madame Cazenave

Vincent Perez

as Juan Rucillio

Anne Consigny

as Madeleine

Mohamed Fellag

as Mohamed

Nicolas Giraud

as Fabrice

Olivier Barthélémy

as Jean-Cristophe

Marine Vacth

as Isabelle

Matthias Van Khache

as Simon/Michel adulte

Tayeb Belmihoub

as Issa

Salim Kechiouche

as Djelloul

Moussa Maaskri

as Krimo

Abbes Zahmani

as Bliss

Jean-Claude de Goros

as Le maire de Rio Salado

Stefan Godin

as Comandant de Gendarmerie

Jeanne Bournaud

as Hélène

Sarah Elborj

as Zineb

Sébastien Magne

as José

Jean-Pierre Becker

as L'instituteur

Frédéric Longbois

as Le chanteur

Ahcène Benzerrari

as Le caïd

Daniel Saint-Hamont

as Le notaire

Iyad Bouchi

as Younès / Jonas (enfant)

Nova-Louna Castano

as Émilie (enfant)

Ilana Ferreira

as Isabelle (enfant)

Martin Rompteaux

as Jean-Christophe (enfant)

Nicolas Rompteaux

as Simon (enfant)

Eliott Lobrot

as Fabrice (enfant)

Inès Daldoul

as Zahra (enfant)

Med Hédi

as Michel (enfant)

Khalil Letaief

as Michel (enfant)

Jacques Frantz

as Jean-Christophe (70 ans)

Pierre Abbou

as Le cafetier Oran