Série noire
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France · 1979
1h 51m
Director Alain Corneau
Starring Patrick Dewaere, Bernard Blier, Marie Trintignant, Myriam Boyer
Genre Drama, Crime
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Franck Poupart is a slightly neurotic door-to-door salesman in a sinister part of Paris' suburbs. He meets Mona, a teenager, who's been made a prostitute by her own aunt. Franck resolves to save Mona and turn his own life around, but he may have to commit unforgivable acts along the way.
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