La Menace is a 1977 French-Canadian film directed by Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his...

 and starring Yves Montand

Yves Montand

-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...

, Carole Laure

Carole Laure

Carole Laure is an actress and singer from the province of Quebec in Canada.-Career:Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she met in 1977 and who later became her husband...

 and Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois is a French actress.She made her film debut in 1959, and first gained notice in Shoot the Piano Player...

.

Plot

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 impregnated, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin 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

• Yves Montand
  Yves Montand
  -Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...
  
   - Henri Savin
• Carole Laure - Julie Manet
• Marie Dubois - Dominique Montlaur
• Jean-François Balmer
  Jean-François Balmer
  Jean-François Balmer is a Swiss actor. He has worked extensively in French cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1970s.-Selected filmography:* Little Marcel * La Menace...
  
   - Waldeck
• Marc Eyraud
  Marc Eyraud
  Marc Eyraud was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1956 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Diary of a Chambermaid * Happiness * Lamiel...
  
   - Le juge d'instruction Baron
• Roger Muni - Bruno
• Jacques Rispal
  Jacques Rispal
  Jacques Rispal was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1952 and 1986.-Selected filmography:* Stolen Kisses * Le Chat * Le Prussien * The Invitation...
  
   - Paco, un chauffeur routier
• Michel Ruhl - Le maître Leverrier
• Gabriel Gascon - Pannequin
• Martin Trévières - Belloc

Trivia

The last section of the movie was shot in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, on the way from Cypress Mountain

Cypress Mountain

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 to Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

.