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Chaos [Import]

Vincent Lindon (Actor), Catherine Frot (Actor), Coline Serreau (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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CHAOS is a rousing and daring tale combining aspects of pulse-pounding melodrama with loopy battle-of-the-sexes comedy. Helene and Paul, a bourgeois couple, are rushing to a dinner engagement when they see Malika, a young prostitute being chased by three men. As the thugs attack the woman, Paul immediately rolls up the windows and speeds off. Full of remorse, Helene tracks down Malika in the hospital. As Helene nurses Malika through her recovery, she realizes that her life has been changed forever. She can never return to her selfish husband and son.

Malika tells Helene a shocking story. She ran away from her family after her father sold her to an Algerian businessman. Homeless, living on the streets, she was turned into a sex slave by a vicious criminal organization. In the tense final act, Helene joins forces with Malika in an elaborate and daring scheme to double–cross her pimps and get both her freedom and her revenge.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Malika, my hero Jun 27 2004
By A Customer
Format:DVD
A great, comedic (at times), thrilling action drama that can be seen over and over again. Rachida Brakni is riveting as Malika/Noemie, the prostitute who serves up her revenge ice-cold. The plot moves quickly, which might have some slow readers (like moi) having to go back to re-read the subtitles, but not too often. My favorite part is when Malika tells her story in a series of flashbacks, which made me wonder why I whine so much about my own life. As for the reviewer who said that this was a poorly constructed mess with a less-than-believable plot? I don't suppose 'Run Lola Run' (a film I love, but which, let's face it, was three pretty simple plot exercises neatly rolled in one) is a comparable example of cinema verite. This film IS chaotic and jarring, but its messiness is what makes it compelling: it reminds us of how unpredictable *real* life is (only in hindsight do most of us see where the answers lie), not Franka Potente with Technicolor-red hair shrieking at a roulette table. ...
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2.0 out of 5 stars One Chaos of a movie. Jun 8 2004
By M. Arshev
Format:DVD
Generally I love movies with twisted plots like Chaos.
When I checked this DVD out at my local library, I expected a thrilling action drama with many twists and turns a la Run Lola Run... What I found was a poorly constructed mess, bad acting and a plot that was less than believable. This movie attempted more than it could ever do with sub-par direction and a cast of actors that seemed completely cartoonish (thugs for example).

Without going into details of the plot, I can sincerely recommend avoiding this film... But the title is right on.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Divine Revenge May 5 2004
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This is a captivating thriller and social comedy masterfully guided by Coline Surreau (Three Men and A Cradle). The plot is well enough told above, but I take issue with one review who acted as though the idea of Muslim men selling their second-generation French daughters to Muslim men in Algeria is racist. France is now consumed with the problems of its large Muslim population which has been festering in government housing outside of Paris since they withdrew from Algeria. There are plenty of young French-Algerian women who are over-protected by their chauvinistic brothers and dicatorial fathers. Muslim parents here arrrange their daughter's marriages, and it is no laughing matter. Overnight a woman can literally be a slave to her arranged husband. If she refuses, her family can beat her, and in some cases a rebellious young Muslim woman can lose her life. This is very serious religious chauvinism. If you don't believe that it can't happen, read the April 2004 issue of Vanity Fair where Marie Brenner's article--"Unveiling France's Muslim Problem" lays out the current situation in frightening detail.

This is hardly the first movie about female empowerment, and you're never dis-engaged. The men are fools and idiots here, and all deserve their various moments and levels of comeuppance. But sit back and enjoy a well-plotted movie that will leave you breathless and admiring of the talent it took to create it. An expert cast, a superb director make this one of the most engaging films I've seen this year.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The truth hurts.
The title is apt. What a rollercoaster ride! As for the male characters being stereotypical...I, an Italian-American, could relate. Read more
Published on Mar 22 2004 by Toni Mazza
4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing and empowering movie
Although there are some stereotypes and few surprises, the movie was a delight to watch. We can identify with each character - their strengths and weaknesses -, both males and... Read more
Published on Mar 19 2004
2.0 out of 5 stars Good Actors Marred by Director's Dated View on Men and Women
French director Coline Serreau is perhaps best known for her "3 Men and a Cradle" which later developed into a Hollywood remake "Three Men and a Baby. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2004 by Tsuyoshi
5.0 out of 5 stars chaos
GREAT MOVIE!
YOU CANNOT MISS IT!
Ii's so sad we don't have much chances to be able to see great foreign movies in the U.S. because movie productions don't buy them. Read more
Published on Feb 23 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Ecce Homo?
I felt like Diogenes, looking forONE decent man in this movie.This is a feminist movie, which confirms all prejudices against man . Read more
Published on Feb 8 2004 by F.M.Brewster
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious. Sentimental. Realistic. Worthwhile.
A great movie. Extremely well-produced and thought up. Detail-oriented and lighthearted yet confronting social issues of eminent substance; how far would one go in exercising... Read more
Published on Dec 27 2003 by unknown
5.0 out of 5 stars VIVE LE CINEMA FRANCAIS
I was living in France 2001-2002 when this movie came out. Since then I've been searching everywhere to find it on DVD so I can watch it again. Read more
Published on Oct 11 2003 by bananapatrol
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