Feux rouges (2004)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Cédric Kahn

Writers:

Georges Simenon (novel) and
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Always keep your eyes on the road

Plot:

Antoine and Helene drive to South France to return their kids from a holiday camp. The traffic is dense...

Plot Keywords:

Night | Killing | On The Road | Drunk Driver | Highway

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	Antoine
Carole Bouquet	...	Hélène
Vincent Deniard	...	L'homme en cavale / Man on the Run
Alain Dion	...	Le collègue de bureau
Olivier Fornara	...	Le serveur de la brasserie
Damien Givelet	...	Le présentateur des actualités (on tv)
Philippe Ivancic	...	Le serveur quartier Antoine
Candide Joseph	...	La femme accidentée
Brigitte Pain	...	La serveuse du bar routier
Igor Skreblin	...	Le Croate au téléphone / Man Yelling into Phone
Fabrice Robert	...	Le barman du Nirvana
Micky Finn	...	Le Rocker Irlandais / Irish Rock Musician
Moussa Boucetta	...	L'employé gare de Tours
Thomas Germaine	...	Le gendarme du 1er barrage
Patrick Servoin	...	Le chef de Gare de Ste Maure

Also Known As:

Red Lights (International: English title) (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

France:105 min | USA:105 min | Argentina:106 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | France:U (with warning) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Alicéléo

Goofs:

Continuity: At the first police roadblock, Jean-Pierre Daroussin throws his mobile phone out of his car. However, when he gets out of the car to berate the officers, there is no sign of the smashed phone on the road.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Nuages

The less you know the better

"Red Lights", a subtitled French film, spends it's 1.75 hour run following Antoine (Darroussin) and his wife Hélène (Bouquet) as they leave Paris for a night drive to Bordeaux to pick up their kids. What should have been an ordinary road trip turns into an extraordinary series of events which will leave the couple forever changed. The less you know about these events prior to viewing the better as any hint of what happens could lead to a case of mistaken genre and spoilage. This film is a human drama which doesn't attempt to entertain with extremes but rather opts to engross with a slowly seductive tale of intrigues kept to realistic proportion. "Red Lights" relies heavily on the ability to identify with the adult married couple and the problems they encounter and, therefor, will play best with mature adult audiences. A nicely managed, methodical and very believable film which spends most of its time with Darroussin, "Red Lights" received good marks from critics and public alike and is well worth a look by mature viewers into French flicks. (B+)