Série noire (film)
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| Directed by | Alain Corneau |
| Written by | Alain Corneau Georges Perec Jim Thompson |
| Produced by | Maurice Bernart |
| Starring | Patrick Dewaere |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Edited by | Thierry Derocles |
| Music by | Gérard Lenorman |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Série noire is a 1979 French crime film directed by Alain Corneau. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It is based on the novel A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson.
Plot
Franck Poupart is a door-to-door salesman. His wife leaves him when she finds out he got involved with an underage prostitute named Mona. Then he gets sacked and imprisoned for embezzlement. Mona bails him out and persuades him to rob her rich aunt. But his streak of bad luck (série noire in French) continues because his still upset wife returns unannounced and she comes across the booty.
Cast
- Patrick Dewaere as Franck Poupart
- Myriam Boyer as Jeanne
- Marie Trintignant as Mona
- Bernard Blier as Staplin
- Jeanne Herviale as Mona's aunt
- Andreas Katsulas as Andreas Tikides
- Charlie Farnel as Marcel, the police inspector
- Samuel Mek as the boxer
- Jack Jourdan as the trainer
- Fernand Coquet as the Hell's Angel
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Série noire". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
External links
- Série noire at IMDb
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