Just Before Nightfall 1971  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Stephane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Francois Perier, Jean Carmet, Dominique Zardi, Henri Attal, Paul Temps, Marina Ninchi, Clelia Matania, Anna Douking
Charles (Michel Bouquet) has been enjoying an affair with the wife (Anna Douking) of his best friend, Francois (Francois Perier). But, during their sadomasochistic lovemaking, Charles kills his lover. When Charles' conscience gets the better of him, he confesses to both Francois and his own wife, Helene (Stephane Audran), who fail to react with dismay.
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Une Partie de Campagne 1936  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: A Day in the Country
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jacques B. Brunius, Jane Marken, Andre Gabriello, Jean Renoir, Paul Temps, Gabrielle Fontan, Marguerite Renoir, Pierre Lestringuez, Alain Renoir, Georges Bataille, Jacques Becker, Henri Cartier-Bresson
Based on Guy de Maupassant's story, this film is about a family's Sunday excursion in the country. While the family visits a riverside restaurant, two young men, Henri (Georges D'Arnoux and Rodolphe (Jacques B. Brunius), introduce themselves and offer to take the women on a boat ride while their men go fishing. Subsequent seductions of both the mother Madame Dufour (Jane Marken) and daughter Henrietta (Sylvia Bataille) result in different emotions for each. Madame Dufour enjoys an innocent flirtation with Rodolphe, while Henrietta goes for a boat ride with Henri, and the two of them spend an idyllic afternoon and a very brief romance that may never be forgotten. In fact, Henrietta and Henri meet again 14 years later and think about how different their lives could have been if their earlier romance had continued.
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| 1. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
2. Une Partie de Campagne (1936)
aka: A Day in the Country
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