Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 259: Thu Sep 17

The Beast Must Die (Chabrol, 1969): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm

This is part of the Claude Chabrol season at BFI Southbank with the film being introduced by critic Geoff Andrew. Other screenings of the film (September 5th and October 4th) during the season are detailed here.

Chicago Reader review:
Claude Chabrol’s 1969 adaptation of Nicholas Blake’s thriller The Beast Must Die. Michel Duchaussoy and Jean Yanne star in a tale of a father obsessed with discovering and murdering the hit-and-run killer of his son. One of Chabrol’s most affecting, and chilling, studies of middle-class guilt and the parameters of retribution. Not to be missed.
Don Druker

Here (and above) is the trailer.