Rent Day for Night (1973)
3.8 of 5 from 134 ratings
1h 52min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
At the Victorine Studios in Nice, a French movie-maker, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut) starts shooting his latest film: "Meet Pamela". As ever, this proves eventful from the outset: ups and downs on the shoot, actors whims, complicated love-lives and the producer putting on the pressure...Ferrand wonders whether his film will ever get made. In 'Day for Night', Truffaut provides the answer to the question asked by all film lovers "what goes on behind the cameras?". He films the shoot as it really is, straightforwardly, without artefacts, with honesty and accuracy, making it seem like a documentary. Often funny, sometimes tragic, 'Day for Night' is one of Truffaut's most autobiographical films and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1973. - Actors:
- Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Saint-Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, Jean-François Stévenin, Pierre Zucca
- Directors:
- François Truffaut
- Producers:
- Marcel Bebert
- Voiced By:
- Georges Delerue
- Writers:
- François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
- Others:
- Cloris Leachman, Suzanne Schiffman, Valentine Cortese, François Truffaut
- Aka:
- La nuit américaine
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: Day For Night, A History of Films about Film: Part 2, A History of Films about Film: Part 1, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, Films to Watch If You Like..., Oscar's Two-Time Club, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Federico Fellini, The Instant Expert's Guide to François Truffaut
- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 24/10/2016
- Run Time:
- 116 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New visual essay by filmmaker: Kogonada
- New interviews with Glenn and assistant editor Martine Barraque
- New interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew
- Documentary on the film from 2003, featuring film scholar Annette Insdorf
- Archival interviews with director Francois Truffaut, editor Yann Dedet, and actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Jacqueline Bisset, Dani, and Bernard Menez
- Archival television footage about the film, including footage of Truffaut on the set
- Trailer
- An essay by critic David Cairns
