The Crimson Rivers

About The Crimson Rivers

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 Kassovitz's The Crimson Rivers is a 2000 crime mystery film. Jean Reno takes the lead as Pierre Niemans, Vincent Cassel as Max Kerkerian, Nadia Farès as Fanny Ferreira, and Dominique Sanda as Sister Andrée.

Released in September 2000, it runs 106 minutes. Written by Jean-Christophe Grangé and Mathieu Kassovitz. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under village, mountain, nun, and ritual. American members can watch it on Kino Film Collection. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 1,814 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Se7en, Zodiac, and The Good Nurse make useful companions to The Crimson Rivers, all filed under corpse, detective, and investigation.