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Liberté, la nuit

  • 19841984
  • 1h 22m
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Maurice Garrel and Emmanuelle Riva in Liberté, la nuit (1984)
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In the mist of the Algerian events, a man finds a fugitive happiness beside a local woman.In the mist of the Algerian events, a man finds a fugitive happiness beside a local woman.In the mist of the Algerian events, a man finds a fugitive happiness beside a local woman.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
264
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
149,501
64,843
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    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Philippe Garrel(dialogue)
      • Berard Lambert(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Emmanuelle Riva
      • Maurice Garrel
      • Christine Boisson
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Philippe Garrel(dialogue)
      • Berard Lambert(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Emmanuelle Riva
      • Maurice Garrel
      • Christine Boisson
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Emmanuelle Riva
    Emmanuelle Riva
    • Mouche, the wife
    Maurice Garrel
    Maurice Garrel
    • Jean, the husband
    Christine Boisson
    Christine Boisson
    • Gémina
    László Szabó
    László Szabó
    • Laszlo, the puppeteer
    Brigitte Sy
    Brigitte Sy
    • Micheline, Laszlo's wife
    Pierre Forest
    • Un parachutiste
    Gérard Demond
    • Un parachutiste
    Barthelemy Teillaud
    • Barthélémy, Laszlo's son
    Muriel Oger
    • Sophie - Jean's daughter
    Raymond Portalier
    • Plainclothes policeman
    Joël Barbouth
    • Plainclothes policeman
    Habib Laidi
    • Algerian worker
    Mohamed Fellag
    Mohamed Fellag
    • Mohand
    Salah Teskouk
    • Salah
    Julien Sarfati
    • Mehdi
    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Philippe Garrel(dialogue) (screenplay)
      • Berard Lambert(adaptation)
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    • Quotes

      Journalist: Personne ne sait ce qui se passe aujourd'hui parce que personne ne veut qu'il se passe quelque chose, en réalité on ne sait jamais ce qu'il se passe on sait seulement ce que l'on veut qu'il se passe, et c'est comme ça que les choses arrivent. En 17 Lénine et ses camarades ne disaient pas: Nous allons faire la révolution parce que nous voulons la révolution. Ils disaient " Toutes les conditions de la révolutions sont réunies, la révolution est inéluctable !" Ils ont fait la révolution qui n'aurait jamais eu lieu, s'il ne l'avait pas faite et qu'il n'aurait pas faite s'ils n'avaient pas pensé qu'elle était inéluctable uniquement parce qu'ils le voulaient. A chaque fois que quelque chose a bougé dans ce monde ça a toujours été pour le pire! Voilà pourquoi personne ne bouge, personne n'ose provoquer l'avenir ! Faudrait être fou pour provoquer l'avenir ! Faudrait être fou pour risquer de provoquer un nouveau 19 un nouveau 40 ou un nouveau 37.

      Jean-Pierre Léaud: Alors , il ne se passera jamais plus rien ?

      Journalist: Si parce qu'il y aura toujours des fous et des cons pour les suivre et des sages pour ne rien faire...

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      Featured in Cinéma, de notre temps: Philippe Garrel, artiste (1998)

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    See? We are nice...
    A long, dull, boring film made to please the censors and give the production team a good wage.

    If set in he 1940s, this film would have been great. France was preparing to make pregnancy termination a crime against the state and here you have to opposite sex characters getting naked outside the institution of marriage.

    If set around 1961 this film would have brought a human perspective to a raging conflict that was never solved as it erupts every now and than.

    Made in the 1980s this film stands for wasted time and wasted film. In a way it is the moral follower of the war movies made in France in the 1950s and 1960s: look at how humane we are.

    Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch
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    • Mar 2, 2015

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1984 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Liberty at Night
    • Production company
      • Institut National de la Communication Audiovisuelle
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      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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