Chaos
A Feature film of
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Production year2001
French release03/10/2001
Runtime1 h 49 min
Synopsis
Malika, a young prostitute, is brutally attacked in the street by some thugs. Paul and Hélène, a conventional couple safe and secure in their locked car, look on. Overcome by remorse, Hélène then searches for the young woman and finds her lying in a coma in hospital. Hélène decides to look after Malika, thereby abandoning her husband and son. But the pimps who attacked Malika have no intention of letting her off the hook and soon Hélène finds herself caught up in a situation beyond her control… She undertakes to reawaken Malika’s will to live and to free her from the grasp of her torturers.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (35)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Alain Sarde
- Co-productions : Eniloc, France 2 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : BAC Films
- News agency (France) : Moteur !
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
- Screenwriter : Coline Serreau
- Director of Photography : Jean-François Robin
- Music Composer : Ludovic Navarre
- Assistant Director : Dominique Furgé
- Editor : Catherine Renault
- Sound recordists : Pierre Lorrain, Muriel Moreau, Joël Rangon
- Costume designer : Karen Muller Serreau
- Production Manager : Alain Centonze
- Press Attachés (film) : Dominique Segall, Laurent Renard
- Continuity supervisor : Pilar Billiet
- Production Designer : Michèle Abbé
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Prostitution, Racial discrimination
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
Box-office & releases
News & awards
News (6)
Selections (10)
Cairo - International Film Festival
Egypt, 2003
Autre section
Awards (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2002
César Award for Most Promising Actress : Rachida Brakni
