The Red Siren

The Red Siren
Directed by Olivier Megaton
Screenplay by Alain Berliner
Norman Spinrad
Olivier Megaton
Robert Conrath
Based on La Sirène rouge by Maurice G. Dantec
Produced by Simon Arnal
Carole Scotta
Starring Jean-Marc Barr
Asia Argento
Alexandra Negrão
Frances Barber
Andrew Tiernan
Cinematography Denis Rouden
Edited by Stéphanie Gaurier
Yann Hervé
Music by Nicolas Bikialo
Distributed by Haut et Court
Studio Canal
Release date
  • 22 August 2002
Running time
 118 minutes
Country France
Languages French
English
Portuguese
Budget $6 million
Box office $1.4 million

The Red Siren (French: La sirène rouge) is a 2002 French crime thriller film based upon the novel by same name by Maurice G. Dantec. The film was directed by Olivier Megaton from a script by Olivier Megaton, Alain Berliner, Norman Spinrad, and Robert Conrath.

Plot

The film tells the story of Alice (Alexandra Negrão) who confesses to a detective named Anita (Asia Argento) that her mother Eva (Frances Barber) is a dangerous killer. Eva is also a very powerful and wealthy leader of a vast crime syndicate. She discovers that her daughter met with the police and tries to stop her. Unbeknownst at first to both Anita and Eva, Alice escapes from France and leaves for Portugal to reunite with her supposedly dead father. Eva's henchmen chase after her. Alice meets a mercenary while escaping, Hugo (Jean-Marc Barr), who then joins Alice as her protector on her journey to find her father. Anita travels after her, as well. After Eva's henchmen close in, Eva reappears to "reclaim" her daughter.

Cast