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* DiesWideOpen: Laura is shown with her eyes staring blankly immediately after the murder. After the police have covered her body and her husband asks to see her face, her eyes have been closed to give her a more peaceful expression.
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* DiesWideOpen: Laura is shown with her eyes staring blankly immediately after the murder. After the police have covered Charles later recounts that Laura had instructed him to strangle her body and as part of their [[EroticAsphyxiation sex games]], telling him she would signal him to stop by closing her husband asks to see her face, her eyes have been eyes. Because she never closed to give her a more peaceful expression.eyes, he didn't realize she was dead until it was too late.
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* EroticAsphyxiation: Laura instructs Charles to strangle her as part of their sex games. It winds up going too far.
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* VomitDiscretionShot: After the murder, Charles goes to a bar and vomits due to his guilt and stress. The scene fades to black as he bends over the toilet, then fades back in to show him washing his face afterwards.
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* DiesWideOpen: Laura is shown with her eyes staring blankly immediately after the murder. After the police have covered her body and her husband asks to see her face, her eyes have been closed to give her a more peaceful expression.
* DropDeadGorgeous: Laura's nude body is shown lying on the bed after she is strangled.
* DropDeadGorgeous: Laura's nude body is shown lying on the bed after she is strangled.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François.
** Bardin leaves his wife to live with his mistress, Gina Maillardi.
** Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François.
** Bardin leaves his wife to live with his mistress, Gina Maillardi.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[{{Deconstruction}} Decontructed]]. The people who have clues that Charles might be involved in the crime (François Tellier and Gina Maillardi) do not tell the police, so Charles seems to get away scott free. Yet, he feels guilty, so he tells [[spoiler:his wife, then his friend]], but they do not denounce him. [[spoiler:So he decides eventually to turn himself in, but his wife prefer to avoid a scandal and poisons him.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[{{Deconstruction}} Decontructed]]. The people who have clues that Charles might be involved in the crime (François Tellier and Gina Maillardi) do not tell the police, so Charles seems to get away scott free. Yet, he feels guilty, so he tells [[spoiler:his wife, then his friend]], but they do not denounce him. [[spoiler:So he decides eventually to turn himself in, but his wife prefer prefers to avoid a scandal and poisons him.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: Laura. She is killed very early in the film and she plays an important role in the plot.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: The film starts with Laura's murder.
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* SympatheticMurderer: Charles, Laura's murderer, gets a sympathetic point of view. He explains that Laura made him suffer.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[{{Deconstruction}} Decontructed]]. The people who have clues that Charles might be involved in the crime do not tell the police, so Charles seems to get away scott free. Yet, he feels guilty, so he tells [[spoiler:his wife, then his friend]], but they do not denounce him. [[spoiler:So he decides eventually to turn himself in, but his wife prefer to avoid a scandal and poisons him.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[{{Deconstruction}} Decontructed]]. The people who have clues that Charles might be involved in the crime (François Tellier and Gina Maillardi) do not tell the police, so Charles seems to get away scott free. Yet, he feels guilty, so he tells [[spoiler:his wife, then his friend]], but they do not denounce him. [[spoiler:So he decides eventually to turn himself in, but his wife prefer to avoid a scandal and poisons him.]]
* StealingFromTheTill: Bardin steals from the till of Charles's company.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François.
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* YourCheatingHeart: YourCheatingHeart:
** Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friendFrançois.François.
** Bardin leaves his wife to live with his mistress, Gina Maillardi.
** Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend
** Bardin leaves his wife to live with his mistress, Gina Maillardi.
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Charles Masson (Bouquet) has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François Tellier. They practice sado-masochism and one day he strangles her during a sexual intercourse. The police investigates the case, but they have no clue who the murderer is.
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Charles Masson (Bouquet) has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François Tellier. They practice sado-masochism BDSM and one day he strangles her during a sexual intercourse. The police investigates the case, but they have no clue who the murderer is.
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* CasualKink: Charles and Laura practice sado-masochism and this is how he killed her. When Charles tells his wife, she is not shocked.
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* BestFriend: François is Charles's best friend.
* CasualKink: Charles and Laura practicesado-masochism BDSM and this is how he killed her. When Charles tells his wife, she is not shocked.
* CasualKink: Charles and Laura practice
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* ADeadlyAffair: Charles kills his lover, Laura, during BDSM practice.
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* CasualKink: Charles and Laura practice sado-masochism and this is how he killed her. When Charles tells her wife, she is not shocked.
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* CasualKink: Charles and Laura practice sado-masochism and this is how he killed her. When Charles tells her his wife, she is not shocked.
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* AnimalMotifs: Just after Charles killed Laura, his son tells that he heard a rat in the house. Hélène suggests to buy a rat trap. In the end, Charles sees the rat as he gets caught in the trap, just before [[spoiler:he decides to turn himself in and Hélène decides to kill him to avoid a scandal]].
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* CasualKink: Charles and Laura practice sado-masochism and this is how he killed her. When Charles tells her wife, she is not shocked.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: The script is based on ''The Thin Line'' by Edward Atiyah (1951).
* KarmaHoudini: [[{{Deconstruction}} Decontructed]]. The people who have clues that Charles might be involved in the crime do not tell the police, so Charles seems to get away scott free. Yet, he feels guilty, so he tells [[spoiler:his wife, then his friend]], but they do not denounce him. [[spoiler:So he decides eventually to turn himself in, but his wife prefer to avoid a scandal and poisons him.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[{{Deconstruction}} Decontructed]]. The people who have clues that Charles might be involved in the crime do not tell the police, so Charles seems to get away scott free. Yet, he feels guilty, so he tells [[spoiler:his wife, then his friend]], but they do not denounce him. [[spoiler:So he decides eventually to turn himself in, but his wife prefer to avoid a scandal and poisons him.]]
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''Juste avant la nuit'' (''Just Before Nightfall'') is a 1971 French thriller film directed by Creator/ClaudeChabrol, starring Creator/MichelBouquet and Creator/StephaneAudran.
Charles Masson (Bouquet) has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François Tellier. They practice sado-masochism and one day he strangles her during a sexual intercourse. The police investigates the case, but they have no clue who the murderer is.
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!!''Juste avant la nuit'' provides examples of:
* ChekhovsGun: The laudanum that Charles regularly takes to get some sleep. In the end, [[spoiler:Hélène poisons him with it]].
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Charles's]] death looks like a suicide, but actually [[spoiler:Hélène]] poisoned him.
* VillainProtagonist: Charles, the protagonist, is Laura's murderer.
* YourCheatingHeart: Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François.
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Charles Masson (Bouquet) has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François Tellier. They practice sado-masochism and one day he strangles her during a sexual intercourse. The police investigates the case, but they have no clue who the murderer is.
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!!''Juste avant la nuit'' provides examples of:
* ChekhovsGun: The laudanum that Charles regularly takes to get some sleep. In the end, [[spoiler:Hélène poisons him with it]].
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Charles's]] death looks like a suicide, but actually [[spoiler:Hélène]] poisoned him.
* VillainProtagonist: Charles, the protagonist, is Laura's murderer.
* YourCheatingHeart: Charles, who is married with Hélène, has an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend François.
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