Day for Night

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Cast & Crew

Jacqueline Bisset
Julie

François Truffaut
Director Ferrand

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Alexandre

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Alphonse

Valentina Cortese
Severine

Alexandra Stewart
Stacey

Jean Champion
Bertrand

Nathalie Baye
Joelle

Bernard Menez
Bernard

Jean-François Stévenin
Jean-François

François Truffaut
Director

Jean-Louis Richard
Writer

Suzanne Schiffman
Writer

François Truffaut
Writer

Marcel Berbert
Producer

Georges Delerue
Original Music

Pierre-William Glenn
Cinematography

Martine Barraqué
Film Editing

Yann Dedet
Film Editing

Damien Lanfranchi
Production Design

Damien Lanfranchi
Art Director

Monique Dury
Costume Design

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Audience Reviews for Day for Night

• May 01, 2016

  Considered one of Truffaut's finest films and an homage to the filmmaking process, this movie is about a French cast and crew in the process of making a movie. There are a number of smaller stories with the people involved as they reveal themselves through the shoot, and the movie highlights the difficulties from a director's point of view - time pressure, various idiosyncrasies of the actors, and the complexities of getting shots just right. Truffaut himself played the director, which was interesting to see and think about (you know, directing himself directing). The movie was reasonably good and it held my interest, but it was not great, because the behind-the-scenes action was less interesting to me. Maybe some of that is because the behind-the-scenes aspects have had more exposure since 1973 when the film was made, and it was more of a novelty then. I have to also say that with the exception of Nathalie Baye, I didn't care all that much about the cast and characters, which was probably also part of the problem. Worth watching though.
  Antonius B Super Reviewer
• Sep 30, 2015

  Day for Night is fine if viewed with modest expectations. As a comedy, it is amusing. As art, it is mildly interesting. As a film, it comes off as dated and uncinematic with no particularly strong performances. Still, chances are that if you were lead to this page then you're not going to regret giving Day for Night a look.
  Robert B Super Reviewer
• Jul 25, 2013

  It's very interesting that the English release of this film was not a direct translation of the French title which would have been "The American Night" Truffaut brings a nice mix of humour into yet another film about film making.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Jul 06, 2012

  A great view about the charm, conflict, love, family and life in cinema. A cinematography poem to the artists of the seventh art. A better and more serious version of 'Noises Off' with very good actings of all the cast. Fresh.
  Lucas M Super Reviewer

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