The Crimson Rivers (French: Les Rivières Pourpres) is a 2000 French psychological thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and based on the best-selling novel Les Rivières Pourpres by the film's co-writer Jean-Christophe Grangé. This $14 million-budgeted film went on to gross $60 million in worldwide theatrical release.
A sequel, Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (Les Rivières Pourpres II: Les Anges de l'Apocalypse), was released in 2004.
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