October 17, 1961
October 17, 1961

October 17, 1961 (2005)

None | France | Arabic, French | 120 min
Directed by: Alain Tasma
7.4

A scared young French 'flic', his violently racist colleagues, a polite Algerian schoolboy, a scrupulous police sergeant, a tenacious journalist, hot-blooded merciless FLN-militants (FLN = the National Liberation Front of Algeria), a naive school teacher, a nasty chief of police and a ruthless police prefect are all featuring in a possible string of events leading up to an actual piece of French-Algerian history: the bloody confrontation between a peaceful, 20,000 strong FLN-demonstration and a bloodthirsty police mob in the streets of Paris, on the night of October 17, 1961.

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Release Date

France
(TV premiere)
2005-06-07
Canada
(Toronto International Film Festival)
2005-09-09
USA
(Chicago International Film Festival)
2005-10
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
(Original title)
Noite Negra
Brazil
A Batalha de Paris
Brazil (festival title)
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated