Day for Night
E421046
Day for Night is a 1973 French meta-film directed by François Truffaut that explores the chaotic, humorous, and emotional process of making a movie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Day for Night canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4219595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Day for Night Context triple: [François Truffaut, notableWork, Day for Night]
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A.
Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris is a controversial 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, noted for its explicit sexual content and psychological intensity.
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B.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a 1964 French musical film by Jacques Demy, renowned for its entirely sung dialogue, vibrant color palette, and bittersweet love story starring Catherine Deneuve.
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C.
Hiroshima mon amour
Hiroshima mon amour is a landmark 1959 French New Wave film directed by Alain Resnais that blends a love story with meditations on memory, trauma, and the aftermath of the atomic bombing.
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D.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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E.
Breathless
Breathless is a best-selling smooth jazz album by saxophonist Kenny G, known for its melodic saxophone-driven instrumentals and mainstream popularity in the early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Day for Night Target entity description: Day for Night is a 1973 French meta-film directed by François Truffaut that explores the chaotic, humorous, and emotional process of making a movie.
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A.
Last Tango in Paris
Last Tango in Paris is a controversial 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, noted for its explicit sexual content and psychological intensity.
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B.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a 1964 French musical film by Jacques Demy, renowned for its entirely sung dialogue, vibrant color palette, and bittersweet love story starring Catherine Deneuve.
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C.
Hiroshima mon amour
Hiroshima mon amour is a landmark 1959 French New Wave film directed by Alain Resnais that blends a love story with meditations on memory, trauma, and the aftermath of the atomic bombing.
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D.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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E.
Breathless
Breathless is a best-selling smooth jazz album by saxophonist Kenny G, known for its melodic saxophone-driven instrumentals and mainstream popularity in the early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ meta-film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
BAFTA Award for Best Direction ONNED1 ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | François Truffaut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Pierre-William Glenn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
chaotic film production
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emotional aspects of filmmaking ⓘ humorous aspects of filmmaking ⓘ |
| director | François Truffaut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner-Columbia Film ⓘ |
| editedBy | Yann Dedet ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Ferrand ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Nice, France ⓘ |
| filmWithinFilmTitle | Meet Pamela ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
metafilm ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art versus life
ⓘ
collaborative nature of filmmaking ⓘ personal relationships on set ⓘ |
| mainSubject | filmmaking ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Delerue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | making of a film ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Director
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableFor | self-reflexive depiction of film production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Nuit américaine ⓘ |
| portrays | director Ferrand ⓘ |
| producer | Marcel Berbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-05-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 115 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
François Truffaut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Louis Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | film studio ⓘ |
| stars |
Alexandra Stewart
NERFINISHED
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Dani ⓘ François Truffaut NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline Bisset ⓘ Jean-Pierre Aumont ⓘ Jean-Pierre Léaud ⓘ Valentina Cortese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Day for Night self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Day for Night Description of subject: Day for Night is a 1973 French meta-film directed by François Truffaut that explores the chaotic, humorous, and emotional process of making a movie.
Referenced by (7)
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