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Actors: Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran, François Périer, Jean Carmet
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Just Before Nightfall |
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JUST BEFORE NIGHFALL (Juste avant la Nuit) is a movie written and directed by Claude Chabrol in 1971. Stéphane Audran won the 1974 British Academy of Film Award in the Best Actress category for her performance.
Charles and Hélène Masson seem very happy in their marriage. Charles is a successful adman and they live in a superb house near Paris. However Charles is secretly cheating on Hélène with his best friend's wife. Both are regularly engaging in sado-masochist games and, one day, Charles kills his mistress after a role play. Overwhelmed by guilt and unable to go on lying to his friend François and to his own wife, Charles becomes depressed. He can't play anymore the part of the loving husband with irreproachable morals and decide to confess to Hélène and François.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Just Before Nightfall |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- stalker with romantic feelings for victim
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- French
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- French
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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