Day and Night (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Bernard-Henri Lévy |
| Written by | Bernard-Henri Lévy Jean-Paul Enthoven Guadalupe Loaeza |
| Produced by | Jacques de Clercq Eric Dussart Denise Robert |
| Starring | Alain Delon Lauren Bacall Arielle Dombasle Francisco Rabal |
| Cinematography | Willy Kurant |
| Edited by | France Duez |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Production companies | Les Films du Lendemain Cinémaginaire |
| Distributed by | MKL Distribution |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium Canada Spain |
| Language | French |
Day and Night (French: Le Jour et la Nuit) is a 1997 French drama film directed by public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy and starring Alain Delon, Lauren Bacall, Arielle Dombasle and Francisco Rabal.[1][2][3] The film follows a French author who fled to Mexico for a quiet life and an actress who is willing to seduce him to get a part in a film adapted from one of his books.
Cast
[edit]- Alain Delon as Alexandre
- Lauren Bacall as Sonia
- Arielle Dombasle as Laure
- Karl Zéro as Filippi
- Francisco Rabal as Cristobal
- Marianne Denicourt as Ariane
Production
[edit]Release
[edit]Reception
[edit]The film opened in France on 74 screens and grossed $236,256 in its opening week, ranking 14th at the box office.[4] The Independent described Day and Night as "an unmitigated critical disaster and a complete box office flop".[5] When the film premiered at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1997, hundreds of journalists walked out of the screening and those that stayed audibly ridiculed the film.[6] Day and Night was considered the worst French film since 1945 by Cahiers du cinéma, and considered as a possible "worst film in history" by the French version of Slate.[7] Variety claimed that the film was, "Laugh-out-loud awful without touching the cult realm of 'so bad it's good". Françoise Giroud stated "It's a bad movie, there's no question",[6] L'Humanité called it an "Absolute debacle",[8] and Michel Houellebecq referred to it as the "most preposterous film in history".[9] English-language film site /Film described its status as "one of the worst foreign language movies ever made".[10] An original documentary, Anatomy of a Massacre, was released with the Day and Night DVD, and focused on the film's intense negative reception and failure.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Chiesi Alain Delon 2003- Page 105 "Lévy avait présenté Le Jour et la nuit comme une histoire bigger than life, propre à évoquer l'atmosphère romanesque des mélos des années ..."
- ^ Philippe Durant Alain Delon/Jean-Paul Belmondo: Destins croisés -2004 Page 97 - "De même, Delon se retrouva sur le plateau de Bernard-Henri Lévy, grand condottiere intellectuel. Mais Le Jour et la nuit ne méritait pas son casting. Un coup d'épée dans l'eau pour Jean-Paul et Alain."
- ^ Le Figaro magazine - Issues 849-852 - Page v 1997 Un rôle d'écrivain exilé Dans Le jour et la nuit. le premier film de fiction de Bernard-Henri Lévy. Alain Delon interprète un écrivain que l'inspiration a abandonné. Comme dans « Variations énigmatiques », la pièce qu'il a jouée cet hiver au ...
- ^ "France Top 15". Screen International. 28 February 1997. p. 30.
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- ^ "Philosopher who thinks a turkey is a masterpiece". The Independent. 23 February 1997. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ a b Dahlburg, John-Thor (March 28, 1997). "The Film That Plato Didn't Make". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ «Le Jour et la Nuit», pire film de l'histoire... Vraiment?
- ^ "The volcano a molehill". L'Humanité. February 19, 1997. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
- ^ Adams, Tim (8 December 2011). "Public Enemies by Michel Houellebecq and Bernard-Henri Lévy – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Pearson, Ben (30 October 2018). "BBC Polls Critics, Releases 100 Greatest Foreign Films List". /Film. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "BHL et la critique ciné, c'était le jour et la nuit". 20 minutes (France). October 11, 2010. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
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