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| film noir [ fìlm nwr ] (plural films noirs [ fìlm nwr ]) |
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shadowy, pessimistic movie: a cinematic genre popular in the 1940s and 1950s, often filmed in urban settings with extensive use of shadows, cynical in outlook, and featuring antiheroes
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| [Mid-20th century. < French, "black film"] |
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