Perhaps not the right thread for this as the link seems 100% legit (Swiss TV RTS) but I stumbled across Quartier nègre (1990) - a pretty rare Simenon adaptation - never released on video afaik(?). It's a French/Swiss tv-film directed by Pierre Koralnik (Anna, 1967), set in Panama in 1937. It's downloadable with appropriate browser add-ons and has English subs (burnt in).
Beware though: When the French couple arrives at the port of Cristobal in the opening scene, the posh wife (Fabienne Babe) says: "I only see blacks". While the film isn't racist, there are some racist comments, some silly, some grave, and without the dark humour of a film like Coup de torchon. I somehow find it particularly stupid when some black people are dancing and the white wife says "they look so happy". But it's gritty and bleak in a very Simenon-like way, and I rather like it in spite of the aforementioned shortcomings.
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