The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse 2004  R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel, Camille Natta, Christopher Lee, Johnny Hallyday, Serge Riaboukine, Augustin Legrand, Gabrielle Lazure, Andre Penvern, Cyril Raffaelli
In the process of investigating a series of murders, Commissaire Niemans (Jean Reno) teams up with young policeman Reda (Benoit Magimel), and they uncover a superhuman group dressed as monks and calling themselves "The Angels of the Apocalypse."
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La Vie en Rose 2007  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical
aka: La Mome
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Clotilde Courau, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Martins, Catherine Allegret, Marc Barbe, Caroline Sihol, Manon Chevallier, Pauline Burlet
Writer-director Olivier Dahan's story skips back and forth as it chronicles events in the life of fabled French singer Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard). She was born into poverty to street singer mother Anetta (Clotilde Courau) and circus contortionist father Louis (Jean-Paul Rouve), but as a young girl (played by Manon Chevallier) Edith was given to Louis' mother (Catherine Allegret) to raise. Later, with support from friend Momone (Sylvie Testud), song writer Raymond Asso (Marc Barbe), and manager Louis Barrier (Pascal Greggory) she succeeds as a singer. As the story shows, Edith's powerful singing voice helps her survive when she goes through the trials and triumphs of her short, bittersweet life. The film received two Academy Awards including Best Actress (Cotillard) and received one other nomination.
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La Vie Promise 2002 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Ghost River
The Promised Life
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, Andre Marcon, Fabienne Babe, Elisabeth Commelin, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Diana Jones, Edith Lemerdy, Cylia Malki, Remy Roubakha, Janine Souchon
A hooker, Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert), and her estranged daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), flee to the countryside after Laurence grabbed a kitchen knife and attacked Sylvia's pimp. Along the way they meet a car thief, Joshua (Pascal Greggory), who helps mother and daughter recognize their need for each other.
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| 1. The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
2. La Vie en Rose (2007)
aka: La Mome
3. La Vie Promise (2002)
aka: Ghost River
aka: The Promised Life
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