Serie Noire
Release date: 1979-04-25
Votes: 146
Genres: Drama, Crime
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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