Just Before Nightfall
1971 · Movie · 99 min. · France
Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of their S&M games goes too far. Dazed, Charles walks out of the borrowed apartment in Paris and soon bumps into François in a nearby bistro. They drive back together to Versailles, where they have beautiful neighboring houses designed by François. The owner of the apartment had seen Laura and Charles together two months earlier, but she does not tell the police on the advice of François. Even though the police do not seem to have any clues to the crime, Charles has a difficult time coping with the situation, and trying to live a normal life with his two children and loving wife Hélène.
Direction Claude Chabrol
Cast Henri Attal · Stéphane Audran · Michel Bouquet · Jean Carmet · Anna Douking · Marcel Gassouk · Pascal Gillot · François Périer · Dominique Zardi · Paul Temps · Daniel Lecourtois · Clelia Matania · Roger Lumont · Dominique Marcas
Soundtrack Pierre Jansen
Screenplay Claude Chabrol · Edouard Atiyah
Cinematography Jean Rabier
Original title Juste avant la nuit
7.3
969 votes (FilmAffinity)
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