Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives in Lyon with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visit and inform him that Bernard has killed a man and is on the run with a girl, Michel realises that he knew far less about his son than he thought.
- paris
- france
- parent child relationship
- kommissar geiger
- watchmaker
- murder hunt
- lyon france
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Philippe Noiret
Michel Descombes
Jean Rochefort
Commissioner Guilboud
Jacques Denis
Antoine, friend of Michel
Yves Afonso
Inspector Bricard
- Julien Bertheau — Edouard, friend of Michel
- Jacques Hilling — Costes, journalist
- Clotilde Joano — Janine Boitard, journalist
- Andrée Tainsy — Madeleine Fourmet
- William Sabatier — Lawyer
- Cécile Vassort — Martine, workwoman
- Sylvain Rougerie — Bernard Descombes, Michel's son
- Christine Pascal — Liliane Torrini, companion of Bernard
- Liza Braconnier — Housekeeper
- Hervé Morel — Bricard's assistant
- Sacha Bauer — Judge
- Directed
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Written
- Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 121 ratings
- Studio
- Lira Films
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