Nightcap

Nightcap

NR 2000 · 101 min · ★ 6.3 · Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned she was almost switched with Guillaume at birth.

Directed by Claude Chabrol · Written by Claude Chabrol

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