SÉRIE NOIRE
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 |