Just Before Nightfall (1971) filming locations
- Documented locations
- 11
- Year
- 1971
- Directed by
- Claude Chabrol
- Original title
- Juste avant la nuit
- Cities
- Paris, La Mure, Saint-Cloud, Garches, Vaucresson, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Paris 16e, France
The scene : 1 min — The Parisian building where Charles Masson meets his mistress Laura Tellier (Anna Douking).
Saint-Cloud, France
The scene : 8 min — A car scene between François Tellier and Charles Masson (around 8 minutes).
Restaurant Les Coteaux de Chablis
Vaucresson, France
Vaucresson Restaurant, in Hauts-de-Seine.
The scene : 9 min — At Jeannot's (Jean Carmet), François Tellier (François Périer), seated with Charles, learns about his wife's accident on the phone and immediately leaves by car.
Garches, France
The scene : 26 min — Around the 26th minute, Charles Masson (Michel Bouquet) watches his son as he heads towards a white banded building, just a few steps away from the family home.
La Mure, France
The scene : 39 min — Laura's funeral at the cemetery (starting at 39 min).
Garches, France
Station of line L of the Transilien, serving Garches and Marnes-la-Coquette. It is well documented in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.
The scene : 43 min — Between 43 and 45 minutes: Charles Masson meets Gina, who is descending from the convoy coming from Paris, and speaks a few words to her on the platform.
18 rue des Bures (Garches)
Garches, France
The scene : Charles and Hélène Masson (Michel Bouquet and Stéphane Audran) live in this modern house built on a slope, accessible through a tree-lined path and a staircase.
Garches, France
The scene : The gymnasium in the Petit Garches neighborhood, neighboring the Masson house, appears on screen.
La Mure, France
The scene : The bell tower of this church appears in the image; the members of the L2TC forum recognized it, even though it was initially believed to be in Saint-Cloud.
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France
The scene : A seaside villa, now gone, serves as the backdrop for Le Touquet; the film ends on the beach, in front of Charles's mother's house.
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France
Route established in 1963 in the dunes, north of the seafront. It hosted an event of the Touquet rally for several years and has been open only to pedestrians and cyclists since 2009.
The scene : Scenes are filmed on this dune road, which was then open to cars.
Filming locations by city
- Filming locations in Paris — 159 movies
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