Chaos Movie Review 2001

Workaholic Parisian businessman Paul (Lindon) and his wife Helene (Frot) are driving to dinner when a frantic young Algerian immigrant, Noemie (Brakni), begs them to let her in as thugs grab and beat her before their eyes. Paul refuses to get involved and abandons the girl, which sets in motion a domestic crisis for Helene. Guilt-ridden and disgusted by her husband's indifference, Helene tracks the severly-injured Noemie to a hospital and abandons her family to assume responsibility for Noemie and her rehabilitation, which includes protecting from her abusers. French with subtitles.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Marriage, Female Bonding

Screenplay

Coline Serreau

Cast

Catherine Frot, Vincent Lindon, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud, Wojciech Pszoniak, Aurelien Wilk

Cinematography

Jean-Francois Robin

Director

Coline Serreau

Music

Ludovic Navarre

Other

Pierre Lorrain, Catherine Renault, Michele Abbe, Karen Serreau

Producer

Alain Sarde, France 2 Cinema, Eniloc, New Yorker Films