Night of Destiny

(1999)

★ 7 IMDb · 2 votes

Year: 1999

Runtime: 90 мин

Director: Abdelkrim Bahloul

Cast: Philippe Volter, Boris Terral, Gamil Ratib, Sonia Mankaï, Emmanuelle Laforge

Plot

Mr. Slimami is an Algerian retiree living in Paris who witnesses a murder while taking a walk one evening. He's spotted by the assailant, but Slimami manages to slip away before being caught. The victim turned out to be a prominent businessman, and police are soon searching for the witness as well as the killers. Slimami does not want to step forward, both as a matter of personal safety and because he prefers to let the French police handle their own affairs. His son Alilou, a budding journalist, openly decries the failure of the witness to come forward as a black mark on the Muslim community in Paris, unaware that the man in question is his father.