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The Crimson Rivers

The Crimson Rivers

Evil rises to new heights.

20006.91h 46m

Overview

Two 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.

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Written by Jean-Christophe Grangé, Mathieu Kassovitz
Produced by Alain Goldman
Box OfficeBudget: $2.4M0

Top Cast

Jean Reno

Jean Reno

Pierre Niemans

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel

Max Kerkerian

Nadia Farès

Nadia Farès

Fanny Ferreira

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Sister Andrée

Karim Belkhadra

Karim Belkhadra

Captain Dahmane

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Dr. Bernard Chernezé

Didier Flamand

Didier Flamand

The Dean

Philippe Nahon

Philippe Nahon

Homme à la station service

François Levantal

François Levantal

Pathologist

Laurent Lafitte

Laurent Lafitte

Hubert

Themes & Keywords

skinheadbased on novel or booknunritualdetectivevillagemountaininvestigationdrug usemurderserial killercorpsedemonpolicemangraveyard

About The Crimson Rivers

The Crimson Rivers is a crime, mystery, thriller film released in 2000 exploring themes of skinhead, based on novel or book, nun, ritual, detective, village. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, it stars Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès. Two 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.

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