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SÉRIE NOIRE

by Alain Corneau

synopsis

Franck Poupart is a slightly neurotic door-to-door salesman in a sinister part of Paris' suburbs. He meets Mona, a teenager, who's been made a prostitute by her own aunt. Franck would like to change his life and also save Mona from her aunt. Murder is the only solution he finds to achieve his goal... A very gloomy movie, exuding dispair and uneasiness, with pathetic characters.

original title: Série noire
country: France
year: 1979
genre: fiction
directed by: Alain Corneau
film run: 111'
release date: FR 25/04/1979, FI 29/02/1980, PT 11/03/1983, GR 08/10/2004
screenplay: Georges Perec, Alain Corneau
cast: Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant
cinematography by: Pierre-William Glenn
film editing: Thierry Derocles
producer: Maurice Bernart

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