Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
- asylum
- serial killer
- 19th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Philippe Noiret
Juge Rousseau
Michel Galabru
Joseph Bouvier
Isabelle Huppert
Rose
Jean-Claude Brialy
Avocat Villedieu
- Renée Faure — Mme Rousseau
- Cécile Vassort — Louise Leseuer
- Jean-Roger Caussimon — Chanteur de rue
- Jean Bretonnière — Le député
- François Dyrek — Le cheminot libéré
- Monique Chaumette — La mère de Louise
- Yves Robert — Professeur Degueldre
- Jean Amos — Le gardien-chef
- Gilbert Bahon — Un roulant
- Arlette Bonnard — La fermière à la soupe
- Liza Braconnier — La religieuse de l'hôpital
- Directed
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Written
- Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier, Pierre Bost
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 145 ratings
- Studio
- Lira Films, FR3, SFP
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
