The Crimson Rivers

The Crimson Rivers (2000)

08/06/2001 (GB)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
1h 46m

Evil rises to new heights.

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.

  • Mathieu KassovitzDirector, Screenplay
  • Jean-Christophe GrangéWriter
  • Original Title

    Les Rivières pourpres

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

  • Budget

    $2,365,000

Keywords

  • skinhead
  • based on novel or book
  • nun
  • ritual
  • detective
  • village
  • mountain
  • investigation
  • drug use
  • murder
  • serial killer
  • corpse
  • demon
  • policeman
  • graveyard

Top Billed 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

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