Just Before Nightfall
Directed by Claude ChabrolCharles 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.
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Just Before Nightfall was released on March 31, 1971.
Just Before Nightfall was directed by Claude Chabrol.
Just Before Nightfall has a runtime of 1 hr 40 min.
Just Before Nightfall was produced by André Génovès, Felice Testa Gay.
The key characters in Just Before Nightfall are Hélène Masson (Stéphane Audran), Charles Masson (Michel Bouquet), François Tellier (François Périer).
Just Before Nightfall is rated PG.
Just Before Nightfall is a Drama, Crime film.
Just Before Nightfall has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.