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The Crimson Rivers
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2000 French film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
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The Crimson Rivers is a 2000 French psychological thriller and crime film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Christophe Grangé. The movie stars Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Dominique Sanda, and Q441033. It is based on the novel Blood Red Rivers by Grangé. The production was handled by Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, and Légende Films, with Alain Goldman serving as producer and Bruno Coulais composing the music. Thierry Arbogast served as the director of photography.
The narrative follows a criminal investigation involving murder, elitism, and eugenics, set in France and the French Alps. Key themes include skinheads, nuns, and rituals. The film has a runtime of 106 minutes and was released on September 27, 2000. It received a rating of 6.9 and was nominated for the Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor. The production cost was 14,000,000, while the budget was listed as 2,365,000. The film grossed 60,000,000 at the box office. It is followed by Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse.
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Film · TMDB
6.9Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
Cast
- Jean Reno as Pierre Niemans
- Vincent Cassel as Max Kerkerian
- Nadia Farès as Fanny Ferreira
- Dominique Sanda as Sister Andrée
- Karim Belkhadra as Captain Dahmane
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Dr. Bernard Chernezé
Themes
- skinhead
- based on novel or book
- nun
- ritual
- detective
- village
- mountain
- investigation
- drug use
- murder
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Followed by
- Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
- Based on
- Blood Red Rivers
- Main subject
- eugenics
- Director
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Screenwriter
- Jean-Christophe Grangé
- Composer
- Bruno Coulais
- Producer
- Alain Goldman
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Cinematographer
- Thierry Arbogast
- Narrative location
- French Alps
- Filming location
- France
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 139466
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2001-01-21
- title
- Les Rivières pourpres
- after a work by
- Jean-Christophe Grangé
- box office
- 60000000
- capital cost
- 14000000
- nominated for
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor
- set in period
- 1990s
- review score
- 68%
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