Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.
- sailboat
- beach
- father murder
- loss of loved one
- abusive father
- letter
- hit-and-run
- dysfunctional family
- revenge
- psychological thriller
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Michel Duchaussoy
Charles Thenier
Caroline Cellier
Helene Lanson
Jean Yanne
Paul Decourt
Marc Di Napoli
Philippe Decourt
- Anouk Ferjac — Jeanne Decourt
- Louise Chevalier — Madame Levenes
- Guy Marly — Jacques Ferrand
- Lorraine Rainer — Anna Ferrand
- Stéphane Di Napoli — Michel Thenier
- Dominique Zardi — Le premier inspecteur
- Raymone — La mère de Paul
- Michel Charrel — Le ferrailleur
- Bernard Papineau — Le policier
- Jacques Masson — Le fils du paysan
- Maurice Pialat — Inspecteur Constant
- Directed
- Claude Chabrol
- Written
- Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 181 ratings
- Studio
- Les Films La Boétie, Rizzoli Film
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.
