Day and Night (1997 film)
1997 French film
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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.
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Jean-Paul Enthoven
Guadalupe Loaeza
Eric Dussart
Denise Robert
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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 |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium Canada Spain |
| Language | French |
Cast
- 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
Release
Reception
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]
