framethrowerSign up for free

Serie Noire (1979)

Directed by Alain Corneau · Cinematography by Pierre-William Glenn

116 min38 frames

DramaCrime

IMDb ↗Watch on Amazon ↗

Stills, screencaps & shots from Serie Noire

16 of 38 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.

Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A man drives a vintage car past a desolate field with industrial buildings. He keeps his hands on the…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A cluttered room features floral wallpaper and a bed covered with a pink quilted blanket. A man in a beige…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: fullbody — A wet asphalt ground surrounds a glass payphone booth in a gray landscape. One man leans against the…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: wide — A vast, muddy industrial wasteland stretches toward a distant, low-rise urban skyline. A man stands beside a…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — An aged interior staircase with a stained-glass window and wooden banister is dimly lit. A man in a suit…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A dimly lit residential entryway features a dark wooden door with elaborate iron grillwork. A man in a…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A cramped, dimly lit office contains stacks of file folders and a vintage typewriter. An older man sits at…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A small indoor space with peeling beige walls and a red shelf holding folded linens. A woman in a pink…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room with yellow patterned wallpaper visible behind a small rectangular mirror. A man gazes…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: closeup — The background consists of patterned floral wallpaper with a metal towel rack above. A shirtless man with…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: fullbody — An interior space features patterned blue wallpaper, a marble fireplace, and tall wooden double doors. A…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A dimly lit workspace cluttered with piles of documents and stacks of paper currency. A man in a sweater…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: wide — A dimly lit exterior nighttime environment features a stark white wall behind a woman. The woman stands alone…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room with draped curtains visible in the background. A man looks directly into the camera with…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A small room features floral wallpaper, lacy curtains, and a low-slung bed frame. A man hides behind the…Serie Noire (1979) movie still: medium — A dark office environment features muted walls and dim, low-key lighting. A man in a trench coat leans…
Serie Noire (1979) — © Prospectacle, Gaumont

Serie Noire — official trailer

What is Serie Noire about?

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.

Where can you watch Serie Noire?

US availability for Serie Noire (1979). Data by JustWatch, listings on TMDB. Availability changes — check the provider for current listings.

Who stars in Serie Noire?

Who made Serie Noire?

What does the cinematography of Serie Noire look like?

Sampled across 38 frames, the coverage of Serie Noire leans on medium shots and full-body frames. Cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn keeps most of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for much of the film. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of Serie Noire?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Serie Noire (1979) are #312f2e, #51504d, #8b796b, #d0c6b4, #ccb499, #b2a592 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #312f2e
  • #51504d
  • #8b796b
  • #d0c6b4
  • #ccb499
  • #b2a592

See the full Serie Noire colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 38 frames of Serie Noire (1979), and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.

Sign up for freeAPI & MCP docs

Techniques in this film

More Drama films

Cast, trailer and streaming data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.