• Director(s)

    Alain Corneau

  • Production Year

    1979

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    116m

  • Cast

    Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant

Film

Serie Noire

child sexual abuse, sexual violence references, violence, threat

SÉRIE NOIRE is a French crime drama, from 1979, in which a struggling door-to-door salesman plans to run away with an abused teenager.…

SÉRIE NOIRE is a French crime drama, from 1979, in which a struggling door-to-door salesman plans to run away with an abused teenager.

violence
There are scenes of domestic abuse, including a disturbing sequence in which a man strangles a woman to death; further violence includes a bloody shooting.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references - including crude verbal references - to a teenage girl having been forced into sex work by her aunt. In one scene, it is implied that the girl takes off her dressing gown in front of a man whom she believes intends to abuse her. The man has no such intentions and instead encourages her to put her clothing back on; however, later scenes show the pair kissing on the mouth and arranging to run away together. There is also a scene in which one man forcibly kisses another.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘cock’, ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, ‘retard’, ‘screw’, ‘tart’, ‘bastard’, ‘asshole’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody’, ‘shit’ and ‘crap’.

  • Director(s)

    Alain Corneau

  • Production Year

    1979

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    116m

  • Cast

    Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

child sexual abuse, sexual violence references, violence, threat
Classified Date:
04/12/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Cuts:
This work required compulsory cuts to indecent images of children. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy, and the Protection of Children Act 1978.
violence
There are scenes of domestic abuse, including a disturbing sequence in which a man strangles a woman to death; further violence includes a bloody shooting.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references - including crude verbal references - to a teenage girl having been forced into sex work by her aunt. In one scene, it is implied that the girl takes off her dressing gown in front of a man whom she believes intends to abuse her. The man has no such intentions and instead encourages her to put her clothing back on; however, later scenes show the pair kissing on the mouth and arranging to run away together. There is also a scene in which one man forcibly kisses another.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘cock’, ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, ‘retard’, ‘screw’, ‘tart’, ‘bastard’, ‘asshole’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody’, ‘shit’ and ‘crap’.

  • Classified date

    04/12/2024

  • Language

    French