Day for Night
aka La nuit américaine
First screened in November 2006 / Most recently screened in June 2016

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Director: François Truffaut. Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Valentina Cortese, Jean Champion, Alexandra Stewart, Dani, . Screenplay: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, and Suzanne Schiffman.

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Twitter Capsule: Inspires remarkable fondness, including palpable fondness for itself. Looks smart. Tasty sorbet and about as filling.

Second Capsule: Impressive légèreté for a film about the chaotic strain of filmmaking. So self-loving it's almost hard to catch up.

VOR: ④  Odd that one of Truffaut's best loved and most heatedly debated films is so blatantly innocuous. Different viewers find its lightness more and less bearable. Metacinema at its sweetest.

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Photo © 1973 Les Films du Carrosse/Warner Bros. Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

(in November 2006: B)

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners (1973):
★	Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award Nominations (1974):
	Best Director: François Truffaut
	Best Supporting Actress: Valentina Cortese
	Best Original Screenplay: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, and Suzanne Schiffman
Golden Globe Nominations (1973):
	Best Supporting Actress: Valentina Cortese
	Best Foreign Language Film
Other Awards (1973):
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Supporting Actress (Cortese)
	National Society of Film Critics: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Supporting Actress (Cortese)
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Picture; Best Director; Best Supporting Actress (Cortese)

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