Movie

Just Before Nightfall

1971 · 100 min

A slow, suffocating study of guilt and bourgeois restraint, watching a man unravel under the weight of his own conscience.

Overview: A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, morality, betrayal, obsession
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
morality
betrayal
obsession
death
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild