Dir: Claude Chabrol
1971
****
Juste avant la nuit is a very clever film. Just when you think you know where the story is going it takes an unexpected and alternative route. I think that's what I liked about it, it kind of knocks the cliche you might expect out the water and raises a good question along the way. Essentially though, it's strength is the way that it concludes that human nature is irrational and it doesn't always make sense but that is also part of what it is meant to be human in the first place. Many may find it unrewarding but personally it was a breath of fresh air (made in 1971, it still surpasses many thrillers made since). A must for Claude Chabrol fans.
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