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Série Noire (1979)
Director: Alain Corneau
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From Time Out Film Guide
Although the setting is changed from Big City USA to the dismal, wintry Paris suburbs, this neo-noir retains the outline of Jim Thompson's source novel (A Hell of a Woman), following the trajectory of its door-to-door salesman until, with an almost audible 'Voilà!', he's deposited in an abyss of hopelessness - thief, triple murderer and not a sou to show for it. But the characterisations are turned on their heads. 'A hell of a woman' is here an engimatically passive 17-year-old (Trintignant), while the weary hero is rendered hyperactive in Dewaere's tornado-strength performance, hysterical rages, comical monologues and all.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Alain Corneau
Producer: Maurice Bernart
Cast: Patrick Dewaere, Marie Trintignant, Myriam Boyer, Bernard Blier, Jeanne Herviale, Samuel Mek, Andreas Katsulas, Charlie Farnel full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 145 mins
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