Just Before Nightfall (1971)

Original title

Juste avant la nuit

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married businessman kills his mistress and then confesses to his wife and the victim's husband. He tries to ease his guilt while facing the consequences of his actions.

tensemoodyslow-burnmelancholicclaustrophobicmorally greyunsettlingpsychologicaldark

What happens

Just Before Nightfall (French: Juste avant la nuit) is a 1971 French crime drama film written and directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Bouquet. Based on the 1951 novel The Thin Line by Edward Atiyah, it follows a married businessman who, after killing his mistress, tries to ease his conscience by confessing to his wife and the victim's husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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