Série noire (film)
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| Directed by | Alain Corneau |
| Written by | Alain Corneau Georges Perec Jim Thompson |
| Produced by | Maurice Bernart |
| Starring | Patrick Dewaere Myriam Boyer Marie Trintignant Bernard Blier |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Edited by | Thierry Derocles |
| Music by | Gérard Lenorman |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | FRF 2 million (€300,000) |
| Box office | 890,578 admissions (France) $5,633 (US). |
Série noire is a 1979 French crime film directed by Alain Corneau, based on the novel A Hell of a Woman by Jim Thompson, that stars Patrick Dewaere, Marie Trintignant and Bernard Blier. It tells the story of an inadequate young man whose relationship with his wife has deteriorated and who falls for a teenage prostitute. To win the girl, he commits robbery and murders. The film was entered for the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.