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7.5/10   110 votes
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Director:
Alain Tasma
Writers:
Patrick Rotman (writer)
François-Olivier Rousseau (writer)
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Release Date:
19 October 2005 (France) more
Plot:
A scared young French 'flic', his violently racist colleagues, a polite Algerian schoolboy, a scrupulous police sergeant... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
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A record of terrible events in Paris - October 1961 more (4 total)

Cast

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Clotilde Courau ... Sabine
Florence Thomassin ... Nathalie
Vahina Giocante ... Marie-Hélène
Ouassini Embarek
Atmen Kelif ... Tarek
Jalil Naciri ... Maurice
Thierry Fortineau ... Papon

Aurélien Recoing ... Somveille
Serge Riaboukine ... Brigadier Tiercé
Jean-Michel Portal ... Martin
Jean-Michel Fête ... Bertaut

Philippe Bas ... Delmas
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Bruno Abraham-Kremer ... Le patron d'Abde
Djamel Afnai ... L'Algérien qui rit
Djemel Barek ... L'homme de l'escalier
Tayeb Belmihoub ... Haroun
Adel Bencherif ... Le collecteur
Frank Berjot ... Le policier commissariat du 18 ème
Patrick Bonnel ... Le commandant du commissariat du 18 ème
Lyèce Boukhitine ... Le voisin d'Abde
Loic Brabant ... Legay
Alexandre Carrière ... L'infirmier du centre de tri
Antoine Chain ... Le planton Nanterre
Pierre-Alain Chapuis ... Ministre Frey
Hocine Choutri ... Ahmed
Guillaume Cramoisan ... Le médecin du centre de tri
Marie Denarnaud ... Isabelle Martin
Jamal Djabou ... Ouvrier algerien
Stefan Elbaum ... Favre
Nicolas Jouhet ... Ginet

Salem Kali ... L'Algérien au barrage
Christophe Kourotchkine ... Le journaliste
Bernard Lanneau ... Jean-Robert
Jérôme Le Paulmier ... Le tueur d'Abde
Julien Lucas ... Michaud

Mounir Margoum ... Mohamed
Abdelhafid Metalsi ... Ali Saïd
Ahcène Nini ... Le réfractaire
Grégoire Oestermann ... Nicolas
Luc Palun ... M. René
Alain Rimoux ... Chaix
Lyes Salem ... Omar

Marie-Charlotte Salmon ... A secretary
Reda Samoudi ... Hocine
Michel Scotto di Carlo ... Level
Michel Trillot ... Marcel
Matthias Van Khache ... Jojo
Stefan Wojtowicz ... Le rédacteur
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Also Known As:
October 17, 1961 (International: English title)
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Runtime:
France:120 min | Canada:106 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
France
Language:
Arabic | French
Company:
Canal+ more

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A record of terrible events in Paris - October 1961, 22 October 2005
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Author: mightyeye from Harrow, Middlesex, England

This movie is at the moment being broadcast on the French channel TV5. It shows the events of 17th October 1961 when the police in Paris were ordered to crush brutally a pro Algerian FLN protest against a curfew imposed on Algerians in Paris. What emerged was in short appalling. Police Prefect Papon previously a Vichy boss who was involved in the German expulsion of the French Jews from France. It is thought anything up to 200+ Algerians were murdered in these events, before these events up to 30 police had been murdered by the FLN in Paris hence an urge for revenge existed and was encouraged by the Interior Minister Fey and Prefect Papon. It was perhaps foolish, given these circumstances, for the FLN to engage in demonstrations in Paris given the feelings but it is no excuse for the killings that happened. It is time that these events were officially investigated and those responsible brought to justice whilst they are still alive.

However, whilst it's easy to examine critically the role of the Parisien police in these events and rightly so, we should also remember and have an account of FLN atrocities in Algeria and France.

Well done TV5 for having the courage to show this movie. A movie nicely filmed, good camera work, good acting and continuity, the night scenes in particular are realistic.

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