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Day and Night (1997 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Day and Night' is a 1997 French drama film directed by public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lvy and starring Alain Delon, Lauren Bacall, Arielle Dombasle and Francisco Rabal.Roberto Chiesi Alain Delon 2003- Page 105 "Lvy avait prsent Le Jour et la nuit comme une histoire bigger than life, propre voquer l'atmosphre romanesque des mlos des annes ..."Philippe Durant Alain Delon/Jean-Paul Belmondo: Destins croiss -2004 Page 97 - "De mme, Delon se retrouva sur le plateau de Bernard-Henri Lvy, grand condottiere intellectuel. Mais Le Jour et la nuit ne mritait pas son casting. Un coup d'pe dans l'eau pour Jean-Paul et Alain."Le Figaro magazine - Issues 849-852 - Page v 1997 Un rle d'crivain exil Dans Le jour et la nuit. le premier film de fiction de Bernard-Henri Lvy. Alain Delon interprte un crivain que l'inspiration a abandonn. Comme dans Variations nigmatiques , la pice qu'il a joue cet hiver au ... 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.
Plot
Alexandre (Alain Delon) is an ageing writer who lives as a monarch in the depths of Mexico. Surrounded by his court (strange and mysterious characters), he staves off boredom with alcohol, boxing, women and ballooning. Desiring to acquire the adaptation rights of Alexandre's first novel, film producer Filippi (Karl Zro) and his actress Laure (Arielle Dombasle) soon arrive in the life of the celebrated author. Alexandre and Laure gradually become closer and set off extreme passions in the heart of the community.
Cast
* Alain Delon as Alexandre
* Lauren Bacall as Sonia
* Arielle Dombasle as Laure
* Karl Zro as Filippi
* Francisco Rabal as Cristobal
* Marianne Denicourt as Ariane
Reception
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. 'Day and Night' was considered the worst French film since 1945 by 'Cahiers du cinma', and considered as a possible "worst film in history" by the French version of 'Slate'.[http://www.slate.fr/story/27925/pire-film-du-monde-bhl-concurrence Le Jour et la Nuit, pire film de l'histoire... Vraiment?] 'Variety' claimed that the film was, "Laugh-out-loud awful without touching the cult realm of 'so bad it's good," Franoise Giroud stated "It's a bad movie, there's no question", and 'L'Humanit' called it an "Absolute debacle". 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.
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