Just Before Nightfall

Just Before Nightfall
American DVD cover
Directed byClaude Chabrol
Screenplay byClaude Chabrol
Based onThe Thin Line
by Edward Atiyah
Produced byAndré Génovès
StarringStéphane Audran
Michel Bouquet
CinematographyJean Rabier
Edited byJacques Gaillard
Music byPierre Jansen
Production
companies
Cinegai S.p.A.
Les Films de la Boétie
Distributed byColumbia Films
Release date
  • 31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)
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Running time
107 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Just Before Nightfall (French: Juste avant la nuit) 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.

  1. ^ de Baecque, Antoine (2021). Chabrol: biographie. Éditions Stock. ISBN 9782234078888.