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October 17, 1961: A day that went missing

October 17, 1961: A day that went missing

JAN 1, 1992 · 52 MIN · DIR. PHILIP BROOKS

DocumentaryHistoryDrama

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?

Cast

  • Jacques Panijel

    Jacques Panijel

    Self

  • Idir Belkacem

    Self

  • Josette Brançon

    Self

  • Adam Messaoud

    Self

  • Cherhabil Hachemi

    Self

  • Djouher Kessaci

    Self

  • Aïcha Farhi

    Self

  • Jean-Louis Peninou

    Jean-Louis Peninou

    Self

  • Elie Kagan

    Elie Kagan

    Self

  • Roger Chaix

    Self

  • Omar Boudaoud

    Self

  • Constantin Melnik

    Constantin Melnik

    Self

Crew

Writer

Jean-Luc Einaudi

Writer

Philip Brooks

Writer

Alan Hayling

Director of Photography

Nina Kellgren

Editor

Michèle Courbou

Producer

Laurent Bocahut

Producer

Philip Brooks

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