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Day for Night( 1973)

TV-MAComedyDrama
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A movie for people who love movies.

Overview

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jacqueline Bisset

      Julie Baker

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      Jean-Pierre Léaud

      Alphonse

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      François Truffaut

      Directeur Ferrand

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      Jean-Pierre Aumont

      Alexandre

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      Valentina Cortese

      Severine

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      Dani

      Liliane

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      Alexandra Stewart

      Stacey

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      Jean Champion

      Bertrand

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      Niké Arrighi

      Odile

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      Nathalie Baye

      Joelle

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      David Markham

      Doctor Nelson

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      Bernard Ménez

      Bernard

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      Jean-François Stévenin

      Jean-François

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      Walter Bal

      Walter

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      Gaston Joly

      Lajoie

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      Zénaïde Rossi

      Madame Lajoie

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      Pierre Zucca

      Photograph

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      Marc Boyle

      Stuntman

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      Marcel Berbert

      Französischer Versicherungsmann

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      Xavier Saint-Macary

      Alexandres Liebhaber

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      Maurice Seveno

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      Graham Greene

      Insurance company representative

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat May 27 2023
    It's quite hard to succinctly review this Truffaut comedy - there is just so much going on. Essentially, Jacqueline Bisset ("Julie") is brought to Nice to star in a movie about a British woman who is married to a Frenchman. She comes to meet his family and promptly falls in love with her husband's father and so leaves him to shack up with his dad. It turns out, as the production progresses that the producer "Bertrand" (Jean Champion) and the director "Ferrand" (Truffaut himself) have to deal with an whole gamut of issues as the cast - all assembled in a small hotel - come with more baggage than...

    Media

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    700000.00

    Revenue

    850000.00

    Keywords

    • lovesickness
    • insurance salesman
    • movie business
    • nice
    • alcoholic
    • extramarital affair
    • making of
    • film director