French Cinema Trivia

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Who directed "Day for Night"?

Answer: Francois Truffaut

Bonus fact: The film is a loving, comic, and sometimes chaotic portrait of making a movie.

What role does Truffaut himself play in "Day for Night"?

Answer: The film-within-the-film's director

Bonus fact: His character Ferrand tries to keep a troubled production moving despite romantic crises and practical disasters.

What does the filmmaking term "day for night" mean?

Answer: Shooting in daylight so footage appears to take place at night

Bonus fact: The technique gives the film its title and underscores its fascination with the tricks and compromises of moviemaking.

Who directed "The Last Metro"?

Answer: Francois Truffaut

Bonus fact: The film became one of Truffaut's most commercially successful later works.

"The Last Metro" is set in Paris during what historical period?

Answer: The Nazi occupation of World War II

Bonus fact: The story centers on a theater trying to survive censorship, shortages, and persecution.

Why is the theater director Lucas Steiner hiding beneath the theater?

Answer: He is Jewish and threatened by Nazi persecution

Bonus fact: His wife Marion publicly runs the theater while secretly protecting him and continuing to consult him on productions.