This Man Must Die (1969)

Claude Chabrol · 113 min · Letterboxd ↗

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.

This Man Must Die screens once in London: BFI Southbank, Sunday 4 October at 18:10.