DAY FOR NIGHT (LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE) (CERT. 12)
FRANCE-ITALY 1973 DIRECTED BY FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT
COLOUR 116 MINS
WITH: JACQUELINE BISSET, JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD, VALENTINA
CORTESE, JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT, FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT
A dedicated director uses his ingenuity and skill to keep his team together when
making a film at studios in Nice.
French dialogue, English subtitles
Film starts at 7.30pm
Academy Award (Oscar) – Best Foreign Language Film
3 BAFTAs – Best Film, Best Direction, Best Supporting Actress (Cortese)
‘Not only the best movie made about the movies, but also great entertainment.’ – Roger
Ebert
‘A wonderfully tender story of the fragile, funny and tough people who populate the film-business.’
– Gene Siskel
‘A deeply personal, warm and human tribute to the passion of cinema.’ – Christopher
Machell
‘ An elegiac celebration of a dying kind of cinema, a meditation on the connection between
film and life.’ – Philip French
‘Immensely enjoyable, richly detailed, insider’s view of the goings-on in a film-studio. A
fun film with melodramatic asides.’ – Leslie Halliwell
‘An exhilarating celebration of the movie-making process.’ – Radio Times
