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When the Night Falls (2026)

When the Night Falls poster
Original title
La Troisième nuit
Directed by
Daniel Auteuil
Genre
historical drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people works to save Jewish children from a camp near Lyon during the Holocaust. It is based on a true event from 1942.

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What happens

When the Night Falls (French: La Troisième Nuit, lit. 'The Third Night') is a 2026 French historical drama film co-written, directed and starring Daniel Auteuil. It follows the true story of a mission to rescue of more than one hundred Jewish children from an internment camp near Lyon in August 1942, during the Holocaust. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Premiere section at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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