Chaos (2001) (2001) France
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Director:Serreau, Coline, Brakni, Rachida, Frot, Catherine, Lindon, Vincent, Renaud, Line, Wiik, Aurélien
Studio:Bac Films
Writer:Coline Serreau
Rating:7.0 (1,649 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:717119864347
Awards:4 wins & 4 nominations
Genre:French films
IMDb:0265116
Duration:1:49:00
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300001220
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Serreau, Coline, Brakni, Rachida, Frot, Catherine, Lindon, Vincent, Renaud, Line, Wiik, Aurélien  ...  (Director)
Coline Serreau  ...  (Writer)
 
Vincent Lindon  ...  Paul
Catherine Frot  ...  Hélène
Rachida Brakni  ...  Noémie
Line Renaud  ...  Mamie
Aurélien Wiik  ...  Fabrice
Ivan Franek  ...  Touki
Michel Lagueyrie  ...  Marsat
Wojciech Pszoniak  ...  Pali
Eric Poulain  ...  Le jeune policier
Omar-Echériff Attalah  ...  Tarek
Hajar Nouma  ...  Zora
Chloé Lambert  ...  Florence
Marie Denarnaud  ...  Charlotte
Jean-Marc Stehlé  ...  Blanchet
Léa Drucker  ...  Nicole
Comments: DFR 115

Summary: CHAOS is a rousing and daring tale combining aspects of pulse-pounding melodrama with loopy battle-of-the-sexes comedy. Helene and Paul, a bourgeois couple, are rushing to a dinner engagement when they see Malika, a young prostitute being chased by three men. As the thugs attack the woman, Paul immediately rolls up the windows and speeds off. Full of remorse, Helene tracks down Malika in the hospital. As Helene nurses Malika through her recovery, she realizes that her life has been changed forever. She can never return to her selfish husband and son. Malika tells Helene a shocking story. She ran away from her family after her father sold her to an Algerian businessman. Homeless, living on the streets, she was turned into a sex slave by a vicious criminal organization. In the tense final act, Helene joins forces with Malika in an elaborate and daring scheme to double–cross her pimps and get both her freedom and her revenge.