The story centers on a murder investigation at a lonely rural crossroads in Avrainville, about 30 miles from Paris.

A Jewish diamond merchant is found murdered in a car inside a garage belonging to a reclusive Danish expatriate, Carl Andersen.

Maigret uncovers a web of corruption involving a local gang of thieves and a drug-trafficking racket operating out of the "crossroads" garage. La Nuit du Carrefour (1932 – France): Moody and surreal!

Renoir experimented with direct sound , recording dialogue and ambient noise on location rather than in a studio, which was rare for 1932. 📽️ Plot & Atmosphere

Based on the 1931 novel by Georges Simenon .

Jean Renoir , son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.