When the Night Falls (2026)

- 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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