Just Before Nightfall

Just Before Nightfall (1971)

Juste avant la nuit

A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.

Date of release
1971-03-31
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (71)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Claude Chabrol

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Paris

Just Before Nightfall 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.

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