The False Step
- IMDb link: 1022523
- IMDb rating: 5.7 (37 votes)
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Antoine d'Ormesson
- Cast: Yori Bertin, Jean-Claude Pascal, Dominique Paturel, Martial Rèbe and others
- Release date: 20 Jan 1965
- Release year: 1965
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Country: France
- Keywords: marseille france, standing on a cliff, camera shot of feet, falling off a cliff, scream, screaming man, falling from height, death, falling to death, freeze frame, Le faux pas
Plot:
During a walk along the cliffs not far from Marseille, Elisa Langerot sees her husband slip and fall to his death. Inexplicably, Elisa flees the scene of the accident, stops a passing driver and tells him a made-up story about a stolen car, concealing her husband's death. Feeling sorry for the girl, the driver, Philippe Morcot, gives her a lift and later lets her stay at his house. The good deed, however, doesn't go unpunished, and soon Philippe is drawn into Elisa's twilight world of fantasies, lies and paranoia.