Blu-ray Release: Série noire

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Laurence
– May 11, 2020Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: , , , ,

Blu-ray Release Date: Available now
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Film Movement

Nominated for a Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Alain Corneau’s 1979 crime drama Série noire is an adaptation of the great pulp writer Jim Thompson’s novel 1954 A Hell of a Woman.

While trying to track down a deadbeat customer, door-to-door salesman Franck Poupart (Patrick Dewaere, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) encounters Mona (Marie Trintignant, Betty), a teenage sexpot living with her miserly aunt. After being dumped by his wife and thrown in jail by his boss, Franck agrees to help Mona kill her aunt and make off with her millions. Unfortunately, their scheme backfires, and Franck sees his luck takes an even darker turn for the worse..

Featuring a genuinely unnerving performance by the late Dewaere, Série noire received six César Award nominations, including Best Actor (Dewaere), Best Supporting Actor (Honorary Cesar winner Bernard Blier) and Best Supporting Actress Myriam Boyer).

Film Movement’s new release arrives with a 2K digital restoration and an interview with Corneau and actress Marie Trintignant.

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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.