Day for Night (1973)
- Starring:
- Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, (more)
- Director(s):
- François Truffaut
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Known to English-speaking audiences as Day for Night, La nuit américaine was director François Truffaut's loving and humorous tribute to the communal insanity of making a movie. The film details the making of a family drama called "Meet Pamela" about the tragedy that follows when a young French man introduces his parents to his new British wife. Truffaut gently satirizes his own films with "Meet Pamela"'s overwrought storyline, but the real focus is on the chaos behind the scenes. One of the central actresses is continually drunk due to family problems, while the other is prone to emotional instability, and the male lead (Truffaut regular Jean-Pierre Leaud) starts to act erratically when his intermittent romance with the fickle script girl begins to fail. In addition to all this personal drama, the film is besieged by technical problems, from difficult tracking shots to stubborn animal actors. The inspiration for future satires of movie-making from Living in Oblivion to Irma Vep, La nuit américaine was considered slight by some critics in comparison to earlier Truffaut masterworks, but it went on to win the 1973 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jacqueline Bisset - Julie
- François Truffaut - Ferrand
- Jean-Pierre Aumont - Alexandre
- Dani - Assistant Continuity Girl
- Bernard Menez - Property Man
- Marcel Berbert - French Insurance Broker
- Maurice Séveno - TV Reporter
- Jean Champion - Bertrand
- Christophe Vesque - Boy with Cane in Dream Sequences
- Jean Panisse - Arthur
- Valentina Cortese - Séverine
- Alexandra Stewart - Stacey
- Jean-Pierre Léaud - Alphonse
- Nike Arrighi - Monique
- Henry Graham - Insurer
- Nathalie Baye - Joelle
- Gaston Joly - Gaston Lajoie, the Production Manager
- Walter Bal - Walter (Cinematographer)
- David Markham - Dr. Nelson
- Jean-François Stévenin - Jean-Francois
- Director(s):
- François Truffaut
- Writer(s):
- Suzanne Schiffman, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard
- Producer(s):
- Marcel Berbert
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Situations)
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- 1973 - Day for Night - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Picture
- 1973 - Day for Night - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Supporting Actress
- 1973 - Day for Night - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Director
- 1973 - Day for Night - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director
- 1973 - Day for Night - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress
- 1973 - Day for Night - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture
- 1973 - Day for Night - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actress
- 1973 - Day for Night - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
- 1973 - Day for Night - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
