New Arrival Srie Noire

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…. Alain Corneau’s 1979 adaptation of Jim Thompson’s novel “A Hell of a Woman.”

directed by:Alain Corneau
starring:Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant, Bernard Blier, Jeanne Herviale, Andreas Katsulas
1979 / 116 min / 1.66:1 / French Mono

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Serie Noire, The Darkness of the Soul featurette
• Interview with Alain Corneau and Marie Trintignant
• New essay by Nick Pinkerton
• English subtitles