What the Day Owes the Night

2012 film directed by Alexandre Arcady
Movie film Q2943606
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Summary

What the Day Owes the Night is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,967 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What the Day Owes the Night's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What the Day Owes the Night was directed by Alexandre Arcady[4].
  • Alexandre Arcady wrote the screenplay for What the Day Owes the Night[5].
  • Yasmina Khadra wrote the screenplay for What the Day Owes the Night[6].
  • What the Day Owes the Night's composer is recorded as Armand Amar[7].
  • What the Day Owes the Night's genre is drama film[8].
  • What the Day Owes the Night's based on is recorded as What the Day Owes the Night[9].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Anne Consigny[10].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Anne Parillaud[11].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Fu'ad Aït Aattou[12].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Jean-François Poron[13].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Marine Vacth[14].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Matthias Van Khache[15].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Matthieu Boujenah[16].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Mohamed Fellag[17].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Nicolas Giraud[18].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Nora Arnezeder[19].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Olivier Barthélémy[20].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Vincent Perez[21].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Jacques Frantz[22].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Salim Kechiouche[23].
  • A cast member of What the Day Owes the Night was Stefan Godin[24].
  • The original language of What the Day Owes the Night was French[25].
  • What the Day Owes the Night's country of origin is recorded as France[26].
  • What the Day Owes the Night was released on January 1, 2012[27].

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Authorship and Creation

What the Day Owes the Night was directed by Alexandre Arcady[4]. Screenwriters include Alexandre Arcady[5] and Yasmina Khadra[6]. Cast members include Anne Consigny[10], Anne Parillaud[11], Fu'ad Aït Aattou[12], Jean-François Poron[13], Marine Vacth[14], and Matthias Van Khache[15].

Publication

What the Day Owes the Night was published on January 1, 2012[27]. The original language of it was French[25]. Its genre is drama film[8].

Subject and Themes

What the Day Owes the Night's main subject is Algerian War[28].

Adaptations and Inspiration

What the Day Owes the Night's after a work by is recorded as Yasmina Khadra[29].

Why It Matters

What the Day Owes the Night ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,967 views/month).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1934205
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 1934205, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 102614
    Set in period → 1930s, 20th century
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 102614, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
  3. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1930s, 20th century
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: 1930s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787375428959"
  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    César award film id → 35290
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ César award film id: 35290, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296257315|Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (#296257315)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8117|Cés"
  5. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Algerian War
    Based on → What the Day Owes the Night
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 127857
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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