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Day for Night
A movie for people who love movies
A movie for people who love movies
Comedy, Drama - 1973
8.0
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A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
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Details

Rated:
PG
Runtime:
116 min
Release date:
24 May 1973
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$700,000
Revenue:
$850,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 7 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A poem in praise of making movies. Not good movies, not bad movies -- movies.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Truffaut is looking at the world from inside a glorious obsession: everyone outside looks a little gray and dim.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
It's a hilarious and informative movie, and in the pantheon of films about filmmaking, it strikes a neat balance between the operatic neuroses of '8 1/2' and the warm, pastel-hued nostalgia of 'Singin' in the Rain'.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
16 Feb 2011
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