Daniel Saint-Hamont

Daniel Saint-Hamont

Writing
1944-12-16
Mascara, Oran, France [now Algeria]

Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles

#1Sacrée soirée

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Self

5.7 / 10
Talk

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#2What the Day Owes the Night

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Le notaire

7.7 / 10
DramaRomance

Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he becomes friends. Emilie is one of the gang; everyone is in love with her. A great love story develops between Jonas and Emilie, which is soon unsettled by the conflicts troubling the country.

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#3L'Anniversaire

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m as Dalier

4.5 / 10
Comedy

Raphael has become a dazzlingly successful TV producer. He reads a manuscript that tells his life story that pulls no punches, written by a member of his old gang. He invites them all to celebrate his 40th birthday, and they will rediscover friendships.

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#4Brothers in Arms

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m as Journalist

6.7 / 10
ThrillerAction

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, whose mission he was not aware of. The two men pursue the narc investigation, which will lead them to confront middle eastern terrorists together.

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#5Return to Algiers

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m as Narrator

6.9 / 10
Drama

Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.

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#6Mixed Marriage

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Un autre notaire

5.1 / 10
Comedy

A woman seeks the blessing of her wealthy father when she becomes engaged.

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