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What the Day Owes the Night

What the Day Owes the Night

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 12, 2012

Runtime

3h 2m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

77%

Original Title

Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

Production Companies

Wild Bunch

Director

Alexandre Arcady

Budget

$17

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.