Serie Noire

Serie Noire

1979 · 111 min · FR · 7.4 (166 votes)
Dir. Alain Corneau · Starring Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant, Bernard Blier, Jeanne Herviale, Andreas Katsulas
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In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.

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This film feels like a grim, existential descent into the Parisian underbelly. It's a raw, unflinching look at desperation and moral compromise, carried by a suffocating atmosphere and a palpable sense of dread.

grittybleaktensenihilisticsteadyFrench noirneo-realistcharacter studydesperationexploitationmoral decayurban alienation
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