Day for Night is a 1973 romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut. The metafictional and self-reflexive film chronicles the troubled production of a melodrama, and the various personal and professional challenges of the cast and crew. It stars Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Truffaut himself.
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
François Roland Truffaut was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. With a career of more than 25 years, he is an icon of the French film industry.
Truffaut in 1965
Truffaut and actress Françoise Dorléac during a visit to Israel, 1963
Truffaut during his visit to Helsinki, Finland on 21 December 1964
Truffaut and Claude Jade at the première of Love on the Run in Luxembourg, April 1979