When the Night Falls

Plot

Follows the incredible story of a 1942 effort to to save over 100 Jewish children from a deportation camp just outside of Lyon.

About When the Night Falls

When the Night Falls (French: La Troisième Nuit, lit. 'The Third Night') is a 2026 French historical drama film co-written, directed and starring Daniel Auteuil. It follows the true story of a mission to rescue of more than one hundred Jewish children from an internment camp near Lyon in August 1942, during the Holocaust. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Premiere section at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2026.

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