Full awards and nominations of Série noire
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Mystery. Thriller. Film noir
Frank is a small time salesman in a Paris industrial suburb who supplements his meager earnings by stealing from his boss, Staplin. The latter has Frank tossed in jail, whereupon Mona, the seventeen-year-old girl Frank's fallen for, pays Staplin to have Frank released. Mona's aunt, who has been prostituting the girl to the neighbourhood men, now becomes a tempting target for robbery.
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5th Cesar Awards (French Academy) (1980) - Films from 1979
- nom. Best Actor (Meilleur acteur) (Patrick Dewaere)
- nom. Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle) (Bernard Blier)
- nom. Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) (Myriam Boyer)
- nom. Best Screenplay (Alain Corneau, Georges Perec)
- nom. Best Editing (Meilleur montage) (Thierry Derocles)
- Cannes Film Festival 1979