Thursday, January 27, 2011

Juste Avant Le Nuit - 1971 * * * *


One of Chabrol's best known films 'Just before Night Fall' stars (yet again!) Stephane Audran whose husband Charles, played by Michel Bouquet (who was also her husband in 'La Femme Infidele') is having an affair with his best friend's wife. When a sex game goes terribly wrong, Charles realises that he has accidently killed the wife. Plagued by guilt he can't decide whether to confess all or try and cover it up. You'll never guess what happens next. This film has all the makings of a Chabrol, elegent, classy and thoroughly unpredictable, just like a 70s thriller should be.

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