Red Lights (2004 film)

Red Lights French Feux rouges is a 2004 French thriller film directed by Cdric Kahn. The film is adapted from a Georges Simenon novel, written in 1955 and set in the northeastern United States. The film is set in modernday France.

One summer midafternoon, Antoine Darroussin leaves his insurance firm job to meet up with his wife Hlne Bouquet, as they are to fetch their kids somewhere distant, but it is not explained as to exactly where they are or who theyre with, and then head on to his inlaws in the Basque Country for two weeks vacation, and he wants to beat the traffic and the two million cars that will be on the road. They arrange to meet at a local bar, but she is late arriving and it gets on his nerves. When she does arrive, its clear their relations have been strained for some time.She wants to go home to shower and have a quick cold dinner, so they do, further frustrating him. They finally get on the road, but after a while the horribly jammed traffic gets to him, and he decides to get off the highway and take the back way, at least to Tours anyway. Hes tired, but wont let her drive, and they spat. He stops several times along the way to grab a drink or two at local bars, while she sits in the car. He becomes slightly inebriated, further causing tension and argument among them. Her breaking point is reached when he stops again, and she threatens to drive on without him, telling him he can take the train and meet up with her later. He takes the car keys and goes into the bar, where, as he drinks, he sees a news item on the TV about a man who has escaped from a nearby prison. When he eventually leaves the bar and returns to his car, Hlne is not there, having left him a note Im taking the train. ........

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