What the Day Owes the Night (2012)

Name: What the Day Owes the Night
Director: Alexandre Arcady
Released: 2012-09-12
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Nora Arnezeder, Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Anne Parillaud, Vincent Perez, Anne Consigny

DramaRomance

162 min

Plot Summary

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.