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Dark Night, October 17, 1961

Nuit Noire, 17 Octobre 1961

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2005-06-07
2h 0m
FR
Released
Canal+

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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.

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

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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. Running 120 minutes.

Dark Night, October 17, 1961 Cast and Characters

The cast features Ouassini Embarek (as Abdé), Atmen Kelif (as Tarek), Abdelhafid Metalsi (as Ali Saïd), Hocine Choutri (as Ahmed), and Mounir Margoum (as Mohamed). Their performances are a major reason Dark Night, October 17, 1961 has built such a passionate audience.

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Dark Night, October 17, 1961 is a TV Movie/Drama film. 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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Dark Night, October 17, 1961 was released on June 7, 2005. It has a runtime of 2h 0m. The film was produced by Canal+.

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Dark Night, October 17, 1961 stars Ouassini Embarek, Atmen Kelif, Abdelhafid Metalsi and Hocine Choutri. The full cast list is available in the Cast section above.

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