Release Date

01 Jan, 1992

Runtime

00:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

This documentary bears witness to the events that took place more than thirty years before the filming of this movie, on October 17, 1961, in Paris, during the Algerian War. It is a work not only about historical truth but also about memory. Constructed primarily from interviews conducted with those involved in the events, along with archival footage, photographs, and radio broadcasts from the time, our investigation proves that nearly 200 Algerians were killed (drowned, tortured) that night and in the days that followed by the French police. "A Missing Day" seeks to ask two key questions: how could such events have unfolded in the capital of a Western democracy barely thirty years ago? And why have they been silenced ever since?

Original Title

17 octobre 1961 : Une journée portée disparue

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Actors

Jacques Panijel

Idir Belkacem

Josette Brançon

Adam Messaoud

Hachemi Cherhabil

Djouher Kessaci

Aïcha Farhi

Jean-Louis Peninou

Elie Kagan

Roger Chaix

Omar Boudaoud

Constantin Melnik

Crew

Michèle Courbou

Nina Kellgren

Jean-Luc Einaudi

Philip Brooks

Philip Brooks

Laurent Bocahut

Philip Brooks

Alan Hayling

Alan Hayling