Série noire / Maurice Bernart présente ; une production Prospectacle et Gaumont ; adaptation, Georges Perec, Alain Corneau ; dialogues de Georges Perec ; un film de Alain Corneau.
Publisher:
Film Movement,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm.)
Container of (work): Série noire (Motion picture) Container of (work): Série noire (Motion picture)
Notes:
Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant, Bernard Blier, Jeanne Herviale, Andreas Katsulas. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Based on the novel: A hell of a woman / Jim Thompson. "New 2K Digital restoration"--Container Widescreen (1.66:1). Accompanying booklet contains essay by film critic Nick Pinkerton. Bonus features: Serie Noire, the darkness of the soul featurette; interview with Alain Corneau and Marie Trintignant.
Summary:
Franck, a door-to-door salesman married to Jeanne, is looking for a customer who owes money when he meets Mona, a seventeen-year-old who lives with her rich and hateful aunt. Franck's wife leaves and his boss has him arrested for embezzlement. But Mona pays back the money and suggests he kill her aunt to get hold of her fortune.
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