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Day for Night is a french film of genre Drama directed by François Truffaut released in USA on 7 september 1973 with Jacqueline Bisset
Day for Night (1973)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 september 1973
Length 1h52
Directed by François Truffaut
OriginFrance
Themes Films about films
Rating79%
Day for Night (French: La Nuit américaine) is a 1973 French film directed by François Truffaut. It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Léaud. It is named after the filmmaking process referred to in French as la nuit américaine ("American night"), whereby sequences filmed outdoors in daylight are shot using film stock balanced for tungsten (indoor) light and underexposed (or adjusted during post production) to appear as if they are taking place at night. In English the technique is called day for night, and the film's title is thus translated as Day for Night.
Synopsis
Day for Night chronicles the production of Je Vous Présente Paméla (Meet Pamela, also referred to as I want you to meet Pamela), a clichéd melodrama starring aging screen icon, Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), former diva Séverine (Valentina Cortese), young heart-throb Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and a British actress, Julie Baker (Jacqueline Bisset) who is recovering from both a nervous breakdown and the controversy leading to her marriage with her much older doctor.Actors
Jacqueline Bisset
(Julie Baker)
Valentina Cortese
(Severine)
Dani
(Liliane)
Alexandra Stewart
(Stacey)
Jean-Pierre Aumont
(Alexandre)
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