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La Menace

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La Menace
Directed byAlain Corneau
Written byAlain Corneau
Daniel Boulanger
Produced byJean-Pierre Martel
Léo L. Fuchs
Richard Hellman
StarringYves Montand
Marie Dubois
Carole Laure
Jean-François Balmer
CinematographyPierre-William Glenn
Edited byHenri Lanoë
Music byGerry Mulligan
Release date
  • 28 September 1977 (1977-09-28)
Running time
117 minutes
CountriesFrance
Canada
LanguageFrench

La Menace is a 1977 French-Canadian film directed by Alain Corneau and starring Yves Montand, Carole Laure and Marie Dubois.

Plot

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Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Henri and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Henri and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.

Cast

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Film location

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The last section of the movie was shot in the Canadian province of British Columbia; in the Cariboo region, Cypress Mountain and North Vancouver.

Budget

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estimated 2,400,000 CAD

Awards

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Marie Dubois won César for Best Supporting Actress in 1978.

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