Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. But after Julien has killed him and he puts his things in his car, he finds he has forgotten the rope outside the window and he returns to the building to remove it...
Louis Malle - Director
Louis Malle - Screenplay
Roger Nimier - Screenplay
Miles Davis - Music
Jean Thuillier - Producer
Jeanne Moreau - Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet - Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly - Louis
Lino Ventura - Inspector Cherier
An intimate and rebel filmmaker, Louis Malle avoided the distinctions between New Wave and modern cinema even from his first film, Elevator to the Gallows (1957). During his whole career he treated the most taboo and provocative subjects of his time, from incest to child prostitution, and the Second World War. He has won several awards (David Di Donatello Awards, Césars, European Film Academy, BAFTA and NSFC Award) for best director for the films May Fools, Au Revoir les Enfants and Atlantic City.