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Day for Night
MEANRANK
82/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 98, everyone else 80.
See the most agreed on films →This film is a celebration and depiction of the chaotic process of making a movie. It follows the production of a melodrama called "Meet Pamela," capturing the countless behind-the-scenes dramas: actors with personal problems, technical challenges like creating artificial snow, script issues, and the immense pressure on the director to somehow pull everything together into a coherent film.
Details
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Studio
- Les Films du Carrosse, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC)
- Released
- 24 May 1973
- Country
- France, Italy
- Language
- French, English, Italian
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $700.0K
- Box office
- $850.0K
- Awards
- 8 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 15 →8 wins from 15 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Best Director 1975 | Best Director | François Truffaut | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay 1975 | Best Original Screenplay | François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean-Louis Richard | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress 1975 | Best Supporting Actress | Valentina Cortese | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Director 1974 | Best Foreign Director | François Truffaut | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film 1974 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Language Film 1974 | Best Foreign Language Film | France | Winner |
| Best French Film 1974 | Best French Film | François Truffaut | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 1974 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Valentina Cortese | Nominee |
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15 awards — Day for Night
×| Best Film | François Truffaut | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
| Best Director | François Truffaut | Winner |
| Best Director | François Truffaut | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Valentina Cortese | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Valentina Cortese | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Valentina Cortese | Winner |
| Best Direction | François Truffaut | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | France | Winner |
| Best French Film | François Truffaut | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | François Truffaut | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean-Louis Richard | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Valentina Cortese | Nominee |
| Gold Hugo (Best Feature) | François Truffaut | Nominee |