Rating: NR
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 09/03/2004(USA
Release Date: 11/30/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: French
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Fox Lorber
A couple's marital woes lead to a terrifying ordeal in director
Cédric Kahn's
Red Lights. Co-written by
Gilles Marchand (
Who Killed Bambi?) and
Kahn's frequent writing partner
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa,
Red Lights is based on a novel by
Georges Simenon. In the film,
Antoine (
Jean-Pierre Darroussin) seems to be looking forward to taking his wife,
Hélène (
Carole Bouquet), for a long drive. The plan is to leave Paris and pick up their children at camp that evening, then spend a couple of weeks in the country relaxing. But when
Hélène keeps him waiting,
Antoine begins to drink. After several beers and a scotch, the couple hit the road, and immediately run into traffic leaving the city.
Antoine has been hearing stories of horrible accidents on the road all evening, but that doesn't stop him from driving like a madman. When
Hélène complains about his erratic driving, things just get worse. When they're not bickering, they're glaring silently out at the dark road. Eventually,
Antoine decides to pull over for another drink, and when
Hélène threatens to take the car and continue on without him, he takes the keys with him into the bar. When he gets out, he finds that
Hélène has gone, leaving a note on the car saying she's continuing on by train.
Antoine races to the train station, but he's too late, so he wanders into a nearby bar. There, he buys a drink for a sullen young man (
Vincent Deniard), who later approaches him in the parking lot, asking for a ride. The two soon come to a police roadblock, and
Antoine begins to suspect that his traveling companion is the escaped fugitive for whom the cops are looking.
Red Lights had its U.S. premiere at the
2004 Tribeca Film Festival.
~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
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