Summary
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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Credits
- Director: Robert Enrico
- Script: G.J. Arnaud (novel), Robert Enrico, Alain Scoff
- Photo: Didier Tarot
- Music: Gabriel Yared
- Cast: Sabine Azéma (Claire Rousset), Richard Anconina (Jeff Montelier), Hélène Surgère (La mère de Claire), Jacques Nolot (Pierre Rousset), Jean Bouise (Antoine Sénéchal), Pierre Frejek (Fabien Rousset), Dominique Reymond (Nathalie Cheylard), Thierry Rode (Vanian), Jean Reno (Leccia), Patrick Pérez (Malachi), Bernard Freyd (Le directeur du CRES), Jean-Pierre Bagot (Louis Machabert), Philippe Vacher (Le journaliste de FR3), Christian Pereira (Le chimiste Gérard), Jean-Pierre Bisson (Commissaire Mercier)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 110 min
- Aka: Zone Red
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