SummaryEccentric door-to-door salesman Franck Poupart (Patrick Dewaere) meets teenager Mona (Marie Trintignant), who is being forced into sex work by her miserly aunt. When Franck's wife leaves him and he loses his job, Mona convinces him to rob her aunt, and he soon realizes how bad his luck can get.
Directed By:Alain Corneau
Written By:Jim Thompson, Georges Perec, Alain Corneau
Série Noire
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90
An enticingly nasty little crime film in which all pleasures go sour before they can be enjoyed, it is ripe for rediscovery in Rialto's fine restoration, and will be many Americans' first encounter with star Patrick Dewaere, whose funny, bracingly strange turn here was among his last.
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The characterisations are turned on their heads.
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Serie Noire,' adapted by Mr. Corneau and Georges Perec from ''A Hell of a Woman'' by the late Jim Thompson, takes itself much too seriously, as is the way with humorless French adapters of American fiction of this sort.
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Production Company:
- Prospectacle
- Gaumont
Release Date:Jun 25, 1982
Duration:1 h 51 m
Awards
César Awards, France
• 5 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
