Day for Night (1973)
- Original title
- La Nuit américaine
- Directed by
- François Truffaut
- Genre
- drama film, tragicomedy
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 658 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A film director struggles to keep a movie on track while his cast and crew deal with love affairs, egos, and mishaps. It shows the chaos and joy of making a film.
playfulwarmbittersweetlivelyintimateaffectionatelightheartedbusy
What happens
Day for Night (French: La Nuit américaine, lit. 'American Night') is a 1973 romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut. The metafictional and self-reflexive film chronicles the troubled production of a melodrama, and the various personal and professional challenges of the cast and crew. It stars Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Truffaut himself. The film premiered out of competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film the following year. At the 1975 Oscars, the film was nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress for Valentina Cortese. The film also won three BAFTA Awards, for Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Cortese. Retrospective reviews have appraised Day for Night as one of Truffaut's best films, and one of the greatest films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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