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When the Night Falls

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Critics Reviews

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 3d
It often plays too much like a history lesson, at least until the emotional tension of the final act Go to Full Review Ed Potton The Times (UK) 4d
4/5
Acted with restraint and atmospherically directed by Auteuil, the film builds to a perilous, rain-lashed finale which reminds you that this war had plenty of French heroes. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 4d
3/5
... When the Night Falls is a traditional film and even somewhat conventional, but it finds its strength, its essence, its raison d'être in the moral treatise it proposes, in its vindication of solidarity...[Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Daniel Auteuil

Director

Antoine Reinartz

Actor

Daniel Auteuil

Actor

Luàna Bajrami

Actor

Grégory Gadebois

Actor

Daniel Auteuil

Screenwriter

Movie Info

Director
Daniel Auteuil
Producer
Daniel Auteuil, Philippe Corrot, Frédéric Jouve, Adrien Nussenbaum
Screenwriter
Daniel Auteuil, Camille Lugan
Production Co
Les Films Velvet, Palatio Films, La Smala Productions
Genre
Drama, History, War
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 40m