Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961

Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961

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.

Cast for Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961...

Vahina Giocante
Marie-Hélène
Lyèce Boukhitine
Le voisin d'Abde
Serge Riaboukine
Brigadier Tiercé
Marie Denarnaud
Isabelle Martin
Frank Berjot
Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
Luc Palun
M. René
Guillaume Cramoisan
Le médecin du centre de tri
Antoine Chain
Le planton Nanterre
Alexandre Carrière
L'infirmier du centre de tri
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Le patron d'Abde
Adel Bencherif
Le collecteur
Patrick Bonnel
Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème
Salem Kali
L'Algérien au barrage
Jérôme Le Paulmier
Le tueur d'Abde
Djemel Barek
L'homme de l'escalier
Ahcène Nini
Le réfractaire
Stéphan Wojtowicz
Le rédacteur
Djamel Afnai
L'Algérien qui rit