Day for Night
1973 · Movie · 115 min. · France
A film company at work. Actors arrive and depart; liaisons develop. Julie, the beautiful but possibly unstable lead, is recovering from a breakdown, aided by an older physician, her new husband. Alphonse is insecure, he babbles. When his fiance exits with a stunt man, he threatens to quit. Julie must convince him to stay. Alexandre, a consummate pro on the set, runs back and forth to the airport hoping a certain young man will visit. Severine, no longer young, hits the bottle and covers blown lines with emotional outbursts. At the center is Ferrand, the writer director, who must make constant decisions, answer a stream of questions, and deliver the film on schedule.
Direction François Truffaut
Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud · Jacqueline Bisset · Nathalie Baye · Alexandra Stewart · Jean-Pierre Aumont · François Truffaut · Valentina Cortese · Dani · Jean Champion · Nike Arrighi · Maurice Seveno · David Markham · Bernard Menez · Gaston Joly · Zénaïde Rossi · Xavier Saint-Macary · Marc Boyle · Walter Bal · Jean-François Stévenin · Pierre Zucca
Soundtrack Georges Delerue
Screenplay François Truffaut · Jean-Louis Richard · Suzanne Schiffman
Cinematography Pierre-William Glenn
Original title La Nuit américaine
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