Day Night Day Night (2006)

Director:

Julia Loktev

Writer:

Julia Loktev (writer)

Release Date:

28 March 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent...

Plot Keywords:

Times Square | Suicide Bomber | New York City | Female Criminal

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Luisa Williams	...	She
Josh Phillip Weinstein	...	Commander (as Josh P. Weinstein)
Gareth Saxe	...	Organizer
Nyambi Nyambi	...	Organizer
Frank Dattolo	...	Bombmaker
Annemarie Lawless	...	Bombmaker's Assistant
Tschi Hun Kim	...	Driver (as Tschi-Hun Kim)
Richard Morant	...	Flirt
Jennifer Camilo	...	Bathroom Girl
Rosemary Apolinaris	...	Bathroom Girl
Jennifer Restrepo	...	Bathroom Girl
Julissa Perez	...	Bathroom Girl

Directed by
Julia Loktev

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Julia Loktev		writer

Produced by
Melanie Judd	....	producer
Jessica Levin	....	producer
Julia Loktev	....	producer

Cinematography by
Benoît Debie		(director of photography) (as Benoit Debie)

Film Editing by
Julia Loktev
Michael Taylor

Casting by
Ellyn Long Marshall
Maria E. Nelson

Production Design by
Kelly McGehee

Set Decoration by
Zoe Hoare

Costume Design by
Rabiah Troncelliti

Makeup Department
Keith Palmer	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Melissa B. Miller	....	production manager (as Melissa Miller)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Stuart Perkins	....	additional assistant director (as Stuart Perkins)
Cayetana Vidal	....	assistant director

Art Department
Joel Custer	....	set dresser
Zoe Hoare	....	property master
Elizabeth Jones	....	set dresser
Michael McKowen	....	set dresser
Sayaka Nagata	....	set dresser
Sayaka Nagata	....	shopper
Garrett Ricciardi	....	set dresser
Jae Song	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Brian Dunlop	....	sound editor
Raphael Laski	....	location sound recordist
Monique Reymond	....	foley artist
Leslie Shatz	....	sound designer
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Luisa Williams	....	foley artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Best	....	additional first assistant camera
Manuel Billeter	....	first assistant camera
Steve Calitri	....	gaffer
Shawn Greene	....	gaffer (as Shawn Green)
Jamison Grella	....	grip
Julian Harker	....	second assistant camera
Sean Taylor	....	electrician

Casting Department
Lisa Chang	....	casting assistant
Sara Heinze	....	casting assistant
Meredith Jacobson	....	extras casting: Amerifilm Casting (as Meredith Jacobson Marciano)
Serena Norr	....	casting assistant
Kaz Phillips	....	casting associate
Josh Rubin	....	casting assistant (as Josh Ruben)
Ambika Samarthya	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Burkhard Althoff	....	commissioning editor
Peter Bernaers	....	colorist
Kristin Choi	....	editing intern
Jim Hurley	....	high definition consultant
Connor Kalista	....	additional assistant editor
Riva Marker	....	assistant editor
Matt Slevin	....	editing intern
David Tai Bornoff	....	additional assistant editor (uncredited)
Bob Fernley	....	supervising digital intermediate producer: Efilm (uncredited)

Other crew
Emmy Catedral	....	production assistant
Ryan Cheresnick	....	production assistant
Gia Clark	....	assistant to director
Matt Cross	....	production assistant
Kathryn Dean	....	production assistant (as Kate Dean)
Olenka Denysenko	....	production assistant
Kelly Dorsey	....	production assistant
Steve Faughnan	....	location scout
Jonathan Gray	....	legal services: Spivak & Gray
Adam Mendes	....	production assistant
Malcolm Murray	....	movement trainer
Luba Proger	....	title designer
Karina Ramirez Cabrera	....	production assistant (as Karina S. Ramirez Cabrera)
Joe Santini	....	sign language coach
Fred Siegel	....	tax consultant
Nathan Silver	....	production assistant
Torrey Townsend	....	production assistant
Felicia Williams	....	production assistant
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: EFilm (uncredited)

Production Companies

• FaceFilm
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (as ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel)
• arte France Cinéma (as Arte)

Distributors

• 2-1-0 Films (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• ID Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• IFC First Take (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Amerifilm Casting  extras casting
• Arts & Entertainment Insurance  insurance
• Duron Wallpaper  wallpaper
• EFilm  film transfer
• Eastern Effects  lighting and grip equipment
• Edgewise Media Inc.  tape stock
• Eyebeam Artist in Residence Program  editing facilities
• Great Voice Company  phone voice recording
• Mikros Image  color grading
• Orpheus Casting Group  casting (as Orpheus Casting)
• Professional Sound Services  sound equipment
• Spinak & Gray  legal services
• TCS Camera  camera
• Technicolor  high-definition dailies
• Wishire Stages  sound mix

Also Known As:

Jour nuit, jour nuit (France) (TV title)
Zwei Tage zwei Nächte (Germany) (TV title)

Runtime:

Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:94 min

Country:

USA | Germany | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

FaceFilm

Mesmerizing high tension

48 hours in the life of a young woman. Day, night, day and night. This is as much as you should know if you are to get the maximum thrill.

The first sixty minutes is set-up. Mysterious, claustrophobic and schematic. The hue is gray.

The last thirty minutes is execution. Questionably realistic (can't say why without a spoiler) and overly melodramatic. Bright colors.

The set-up half is mesmerizing. Conceived with a documentarian eye. The details of the exposition gotten out of the real world. It's all very instructional and scary in its cold-bloodedness.

I have two complains. First, miscasting of at least one of the secondary characters. For a narrative that makes a previous commitment to a clear political label, the ancillary woman is not credible.

Second, the execution half is drawn out. I can see the director fell in love with the situation and wanted to milk it to the last drop, but to an audience it goes on for too long. Cut this material in half and overall you have a great deal more impact.