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What the Day Owes the Night (2012)

What the Day Owes the Night poster
Original title
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
Directed by
Alexandre Arcady
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 42m
Rated
TP
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 242 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man grows up in 1930s Algeria and falls in love with a French woman. Their relationship is tested by the political and social turmoil of the era.

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What happens

What the Day Owes the Night (French: Ce que le jour doit à la nuit) is a 2012 French romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Yasmina Khadra. It was directed and produced by Alexandre Arcady, who also wrote the screenplay with Blandine Stintzy and Daniel Saint-Hamont. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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