Just Before Nightfall

Starring:StÃ©phane Audran, Michel Bouquet, FranÃ§ois PÃ©rier, Henri Attal, Jean Carmet, Celia (II), Anna Douking, Marcel Gassouk, Pascal Gillot, Daniel Lecourtois, Sylvie Lenoir, Roger Lumont, Dominique Marcas, Clelia Matania, Antonio Passalia, Brigitte PÃ©rin, Gilbert Servien, Paul Temps, Dominique Zardi, Marina Ninchi
Director: Claude Chabrol
Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent.
Product Type: DVD

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Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, architect Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of the S&M games goes too far. Dazed, Charles walks out of the borrowed apartment in Paris and soon bumps into Francois in a nearby bistro. They drive back together to Versailles, where they have beautiful neighboring houses designed by Francois. 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 Francois. 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 normal life with his two children and loving wife, Helene.

Just Before Nightfall (Juste avant la nuit) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Great Britain ]
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Chabrol at his best

Just Before Nightfall (Juste avant la nuit) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Great Britain ]
Director: Claude Chabrol
Manufacturer: Arrow Films
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Great Britain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: French (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Subtitles), SYNOPSIS: 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. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu,

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Chabrol at his best.......2007-06-20

Juste Avant La Nuit/Just Before Nightfall is one of Claude Chabrol's very best despite a few uncertain moments in the opening scenes (Michel Bouquet and sunglasses just don't go together). Rather than the crime itself (which happens offscreen during the titles), the film is concerned with the effects on the (possibly) accidental murderer as his constantly frustrated need to unburden himself punishes him far more than the law ever could. If it's a little hard to believe the distant and somewhat constipated Bouquet is so universally admired and loved by his wife and best friend that they not only forgive but urge him not to confess to the murder he gradually drip feeds them details about, he's completely convincing as a man who wants to be punished and judged but can't even convince the spouse of his victim to do so.

The film has been beautifully thought through, and throughout Chabrol renders his struggle to confess in intriguing cinematic terms - at one point we hear him confess in voice over only for no sounds to emerge from his lips when they finally do move. He makes great use of the unique architecture of Bouquet's modernist house (which gets a well-deserved screen credit of its own), with its bedroom a virtual stage with its own curtains dividing it from the rest of the house, benefiting from some amazingly good camerawork boasting some incredibly well timed shots that reveal and reflect state of mind as well as action. Stephane Audran is exceptionally good as his wife, while Francois Perier (best remembered as the fatalistic cop in Le Samourai) offers warmly convincing support in what should be an increasingly impossible part. Highly recommended.

Arrow's UK PAL DVD has no extras but offers a more than acceptable widescreen transfer with optional English subtitles

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Just Before Nightfall
Starring: Stéphane Audran , Michel Bouquet , François Périer , Henri Attal , and Jean Carmet
Director: Claude Chabrol
Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00009B8CD
Release Date: 1969-12-31

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Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, architect Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of the S&M games goes too far. Dazed, Charles walks out of the borrowed apartment in Paris and soon bumps into Francois in a nearby bistro. They drive back together to Versailles, where they have beautiful neighboring houses designed by Francois. 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 Francois. 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 normal life with his two children and loving wife, Helene.

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