Night of Destiny

Mr Slimami is an Algerian retiree living in Paris who witnesses a murder while taking a walk one evening Hes 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