Day for Night
La Nuit américaine
1973
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) — 46th Academy Awards
- Director:
- François Truffaut
- Studio:
- Les Films du Carrosse, PECF, PIC
- Starring:
- Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont
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A film crew struggles through the chaotic production of a mediocre melodrama called "Meet Pamela," juggling an aging leading man, a fragile Italian star, a volatile young heartthrob, and a British actress recovering from a breakdown. François Truffaut, who also plays the beleaguered director Ferrand, weaves together the on- and off-set entanglements of cast and crew into a warmly self-aware love letter to the compromises and small miracles of filmmaking itself. The film's title refers to the technique of shooting night scenes in daylight, a fitting metaphor for the illusion-making at its core.