The administrator of a huge carrier Henri Savin (Yves Montand) lives with his lover Dominique Montlaur (Marie Dubois), who is the wealthy owner of the truck company. Henri decides to leave Dominique and the company to live with his mistress Julie Manet (Carole Laure), who is two-month pregnant of him. However, Dominique does not accept the deal and stalks Julie. One night, Dominique offers money and fights Julie in a deserted fort, but she escapes from her driving her car. Dominique commits suicide jumping off a cliff and when Henri learns, he tells to Julie deny that they met each other in the fort since nobody would believe that Dominique killed herself. Julie is arrested for murder, and now Henri plants evidences to mislead the police and believe he is the real killer.
"La menace" is a film with a very disappointing conclusion. The death of Henri Savin seems to be a moralist mean to punish the man that betrayed his woman to be with a younger one. The plot is reasonable and is impressive how the police Inspector Waldeck is naive, following the fake leads planted by Henri. In the end, the plot is stupid and pointless. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Encurralado para Morrer" ("Trapped to Die")
"La menace" is a film with a very disappointing conclusion. The death of Henri Savin seems to be a moralist mean to punish the man that betrayed his woman to be with a younger one. The plot is reasonable and is impressive how the police Inspector Waldeck is naive, following the fake leads planted by Henri. In the end, the plot is stupid and pointless. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Encurralado para Morrer" ("Trapped to Die")