Zone rouge (1986) - film review

One summer evening, on a quiet road on the outskirts of Lyon, some tins of paint fall from a lorry.  Hard to think that such an innocuous event could have such devastating consequences... When she learns that her ex-husband Pierre has fallen ill, Claire, a young schoolteacher, pays him a visit.   He lives in a small village near to Lyon.  Claire is at a loss to account for her husband’s flu-like symptoms, but before she knows what is happening the entire village has gone up in flames.  She narrowly escapes being caught in the blast, but her husband is killed instantly.  Traumatised by this drama, Claire is ill-disposed to receive a visit from a stranger, Jeff Montelier, who claims to be working for a debt collection agency.  Jeff is surprised when he is taken off the case and decides to carry out his own investigation.  Before long, he discovers that he and Claire are trying to unravel the same mystery - just how could an entire village be destroyed in a fire, and what caused the fire in the first place?  As witnesses begin to die in mysterious circumstances, it soon becomes apparent that a state cover-up may be in progress...

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