Just Before Nightfall (Juste avant la nuit) (1971)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1971 Wide

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1971 Wide

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Claude Chabrol, the French filmmaker known for his masterful explorations of crime, suspense, and the darker sides of human nature, directed this drama about a man forced to come to terms with his double life. Charles Masson (Michel Bouquet) is a successful ad man with a loving wife, Helene (Stephane Audran), two children, and a close friendship with his next-door neighbor Francois Tellier (Francois Perier), an architect who designed both of their houses. However, Charles has a secret -- he's

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Claude Chabrol

Written By: Claude Chabrol

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1971 Wide

On DVD: Mar 1, 2011

Pathfinder Home Entertainment

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Cast

Michel Bouquet
Charles
St�phane Audran
Hélène, Helen, H�l�ne...
Fran�ois P�rier
Francois
Jean Carmet
Jeannot
Dominique Zardi
Prince
Henri Attal
Cavanna
Paul Temps
Bardin
Daniel Lecourtois
Dorfmann
Clelia Matania
Mme. Masson
Celia
Jacqueline
Marcel Gassouk
Barman
Anna Douking
Pascal Gillot

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Juste avant la nuit is a very clever film. Just as you think you know where the story is going it takes an unexpected alternative route. I think that's what I liked about it, it kind of knocks the cliche you might expect out the water and raises a good question along the way. Essentially though, it's strength is the

March 28, 2011

Anthony Lawrie

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There's a strange, dreamy aloofness about this film that makes it difficult to invest in emotionally, but it's a phenomenally dry comedy about a murderer's quest for atonement, in the face of bourgeois indifference to his crime. When a sadomasochistic game goes too far, Charles, a married man, strangles his lover, the

May 5, 2008