

A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Direction
Truffaut directs himself directing. The narcissism is *chefs kiss*.
Acting
Valentina Cortese's drunk diva meltdown is cinema history.
Writing
Every line about filmmaking hits different if you've been on a set.

Director
François Truffaut
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to the night-for-day shooting technique—literally faking sunlight. Truffaut loved that metaphor.
This won Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, but Truffaut later called it 'not my best'—typical insecure director move.
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