La sirène rouge (2002)

Director:

Olivier Megaton

Writers:

Alain Berliner (written by)
Olivier Megaton (written by)
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Release Date:

21 August 2002 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Action

Plot:

Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Girl | Mercenary | Police Station | Nightmare

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr	...	Hugo
Asia Argento	...	Anita
Frances Barber	...	Eva
Andrew Tiernan	...	Koesler
Alexandra Negrão	...	Alice
Edouard Montoute	...	Oliveira
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Vitali
Johan Leysen	...	Travis
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Lucas
Carlo Brandt	...	Vondt
François Levantal	...	Sorvan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Mitja
Antonio Calpi
João Pedro Cary	...	Child
Celia Charpentier
Patrick Fontana	...	Policeman reception
Mara Lúcia Galinha
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	Julian (as Stéphane Guérin-Tillié)
Rui Jesus
Ivan Marevich	...	Mitslav
Sofia Reis
Carlos Rodrigues
Joe Sheridan
Velibor Topic
Omer Husnu Turat	...	Hitman

Directed by
Olivier Megaton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alain Berliner		written by
Robert Conrath		written by
Maurice G. Dantec		novel
Olivier Megaton		written by
Norman Spinrad		written by

Produced by
Simon Arnal	....	producer
Rémi Burah	....	associate producer
Carole Scotta	....	producer

Original Music by
Nicolas Bikialo

Cinematography by
Denis Rouden		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stéphanie Gaurier
Yann Hervé

Casting by
Abi Cohen
Sylvie Peyrucq

Production Design by
Hervé Leblanc

Costume Design by
Isabelle Fraysse

Makeup Department
Alexandra Bredin	....	hair stylist
Stéphanie Guillon	....	key makeup artist
Pierre Olivier Persin	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Vincent Canart	....	unit production manager
Christina Crassaris	....	post-production supervisor
Manuel Hénoque	....	unit production manager
Emmanuel Jacquelin	....	production manager
João Montalverne	....	production manager: PT

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franck Vestiel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Pedro Cardona	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Pascal Armant	....	sound recordist
Hervé Buirette	....	sound re-recording mixer
Olivier Chatron	....	post-synchronisation
Frederic Dubois	....	sound editor
François Groult	....	sound mixer
Sébastien Jeannot	....	sound editor
David Lander	....	assistant sound editor
Christophe Leroy	....	sound editor
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Alexandre Widmer	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Pascal Laurent	....	visual effects supervisor
Julien Rousseau	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Dominique Fouassier	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Bismuth	....	first assistant camera
Didier Bourel	....	electrician
Mathieu Brémond	....	electrician
Jean-Baptiste Chesnais	....	second assistant camera
Thomas Cousin	....	camera trainee
Jean-Sébastien de Casamayor	....	second assistant camera
Bruno Durand	....	key grip
Sophie Lemaire	....	first assistant camera
Sandra Meleiro	....	assistant camera
António Milheiro	....	gaffer
Denis Paillieux	....	electrician
Thierry Valletoux	....	still photographer
François Vigon	....	camera loader

Editorial Department
Stéphanie Gaurier	....	additional editor
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer
Jérome Pey	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Benjamin Caillaud	....	music editor
Régis Dupré	....	score orchestrator
Rammstein	....	composer: song "Sonne"
Stéphane Reichart	....	music scoring mixer

Other crew
Jean-Jacques Boulben	....	production accountant
Manuel Hénoque	....	location manager
Domitille Laurens	....	production assistant
Teresa Leal	....	production coordinator
Valentine Traclet	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Haut et Court
• Studio Canal (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Comstock (in association with)

Distributors

• Comstock (Japan)
• Haut et Court
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (Germany)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Mediafilm
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• SBP (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (Argentina) (VHS)
• Studio Canal (2003) (France) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Awess S.a.r.l.  sound editing
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording

Also Known As:

"The Red Siren" - USA (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Carrasqueira, Portugal

Company:

Haut et Court

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Alice fires her handgun (a semi-automatic) even tho shot in slow-motion, the slide doesn't move back. This is a simple identifiable function of this sort of weapon which is shot in slow-mo intentionally in many other films for it's dramatic effect. Instead, Alice jerks the weapon back as if it were fired, and the target is magically struck by a bullet that could not have come from Alice's gun.

Quotes:

Vondt:You cannot endanger your whole organization for that kid. You have to concentrate on preserving what's essential.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Babylon A.D. (2008)

Flawed and Unbelievable Story, But Entertains

In Paris, the twelve years old girl Alice (Alexandra Negrão) arrives to the police station, and asks to meet detective Anita (Asia Argento). In her office, Alice tells that her mother Eva (Frances Barber) is a sadistic killer and delivers a video showing Eva torturing and killing their maid Sunya. The chief of police does not believe in Alice, but Anita decides to investigate by her own and finds that Eva is a powerful and wealthy leader of an international criminal organization. When Alice escapes from the guard of the detective in charge of her security, she decides to travel to Portugal to meet her father, who is supposedly dead, and is chased by two gangster of Eva's organization. Alice meets the traumatized mercenary Hugo (Jean-Marc Barr), who protects and travels with her to Portugal, trying to find her father, while Eva and Anita also travels to that country.

"La Sirène Rouge" is one of the most unbelievable and flawed screenplay I have ever seen. The storyline is actually a great absurd since the very first beginning until the last scene. Nevertheless, there are many action scenes and shooting and this movie entertains. I personally am a fan of Asia Argento, and her name in the credits was the great attraction for me to see this movie. In the hotel, in the check-in of Hugo and Alice, the soccer game is between Flamengo and another Brazilian team. Later, we can hear the speaker narrating another soccer game in Brazil. Therefore, the language is Portuguese, but the teams and the accent are not from Portugal. I found this sequence ridiculously hilarious. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "O Alerta Vermelho" ("The Red Alert")