Film Noir. Plot.

The plot in the film noir genre was very complex which included a promiscuous female lead who tries to intise the male lead who is normally not in a good social class. The male lead normally has a confusing background and has got into trouble with people through illegal activity. This could aslo be because the female lead is trying to get the male lead into trouble by the sexual tension between the male lead and the female lead. Although, the overall tone of the genre is bleak, defeatist and pessimistic. This suggest a sliminess - noone in the film that uses this genre gets more than what they should get and noone gets what they want. Usually, the ending is sad and no character is fulfilled and everything is low key. It's often what we don't see that sets a suspense and mysteric atmosphere.