SUL FAR DELLA NOTTE

Un dirigente parigino strangola la sua amante durante un gioco sadomaso andato male, ma confessare il crimine gli riesce sempre più difficile.

Claude Chabrol’s cinema is at its best when it bypasses the French bourgeoisie’s respectable façade, exposing its hidden fears and desires. In Just Before Nightfall, he doubles down on the hypocrisy and the depravity of his protagonist, offering an icy, carefully observed meditation on guilt.