Série noire (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Series noire |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alain Corneau |
| script |
Alain Corneau Georges Perec |
| production | Maurice Bernart |
| music | Gérard Lenorman |
| camera | Pierre-William Glenn |
| cut | Thierry Derocles |
| occupation | |
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Série noire is a French feature film from 1979. The film is based on the novel Ein Satansweib (A Hell of a Woman) by crime writer Jim Thompson .
action
Franck Poupart is a sales agent who sells his wares door to door in the gray suburbs of Paris . During his work he comes across the underage Mona who lives with her aunt and is prostituted by her. He is appalled by this and although he is fascinated by the attractive girl, he does not sleep with her. His wife leaves him after a marital argument. For this he is now being pursued by Mona, who has apparently fallen in love with him. When it is discovered that he has embezzled money at work, he is arrested. Mona pays the 1,500 francs he owes his boss and tells Franck about the millions that her aunt is hiding, and also about a gun. Franck then plans a robbery with the help of a poor devil named Andreas Tikides, whom he wants to take with him as a scapegoat. He succeeds in the plan and the old lady and Andreas Tikides perish as planned. Unfortunately, his wife, who has since returned, first becomes suspicious when she discovers the suitcase. When she confronts him, he also murders her. Then his boss finds out about him and blackmails him until Franck gives him all of the booty. In the end he only has Mona and the ruined dream of great freedom.
background
Corneau's Série noire is a film noir in color. The film is based on the 1954 novel A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson.
Reviews
- Lexicon of International Films : A dark, bitterly angry film that carefully captures the milieu of a run-down Parisian suburb. The characters, acting between hopelessness and violence, sometimes seem constructed, but are impressively played.
Awards
The film premiered on April 25, 1979 in France and then ran in competition at the 1979 Cannes International Film Festival . However, he did not receive an award at the festival. In 1980 he was nominated for a total of five Césars . Actors Dewaere, Boyer and Blier each received a nomination. He received further nominations for the editing and for the script.
Web links
- Série noire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Series noire. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 19, 2017 .