The Film Day for Night Directed by Francois Truffaut - Movie Review Example

The film “Day for Night” was “named after a technical term for night scenes shot in daylight with a special filter, offering a fascinating insight into the reality behind the art of moviemaking” (“New Wave Film” Web).

The film revolves around a story of an English woman married to a French man, who falls in love again with the father of her husband and together they escape. Actually, this was as a result of the son bringing the girlfriend, Pamela, to introduce her to the parents not really knowing that the two- his father and Pamela, will fall in love and leave him helpless. There are various themes in the film. Some of the themes include pregnancy and death, failure of a particular love affair and rise of another, and also the motion of emergence of new careers and upholding the existing ones.

The film is composed of the director, Francois Truffaut, who acts as Ferrand and is entitled to hard work and many challenges being the director. Ferrand has the leading lady called Julie who is Jacqueline Bisset, who is not covered by any insurance company and is suffering from a nervous breakdown, Jean-Pierre Leaud acting as Alphonse is just more concerned with the script girl than concentrating on his acting role. Valentina Cortese acts as Severine and has a hot temper distracting her from memorizing the exact lines of the part assigned to her. Lastly, Jean-Pierre Aumont, taking duties as Alexandre meets his male lover secretly and persistently, yet no one really knows where he goes. The cinematographer in the film is Pierre-William Glenn; the assistant director of the day for night is Nathalie Baye acting as Joelle, and the producer, Marcel Berbert. (“New Wave Film” Web).

The viewers have accepted the movie “Day for Night” and they credit the film highly between four over five to five over five. Various awards and credits have been given out in favour of the fill due to its interesting, touching and funny nature. Not only the movie addicts were attracted to watch this particular film but also others were just attracted to the storyline of the story.

The message that this film conveys is the manner in which we uphold and strengthen the societal moral values based on how people relate in society. Talking of the reviewer of this movie is a college undergraduate student who is more into movies, writing articles, and playing football. According to the reviewer, “Day for Night” is among the best movies he ever watched and found great entertainment, fun while watching the movie.