Synopsis
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.
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Cast
- Vincent LindonPaul
- Catherine FrotHélène
- Rachida BrakniMalika
- Line RenaudMamie
- Aurélien WiikFabrice
- Chloé LambertFlorence
- Eric PoulainLe jeune policier
- Hajar NoumaZora
- Ivan FraněkTouki
- Jean-Marc StehléBlanchet
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
The drama's elegant structure, which takes you through a series of surprises so smoothly and logically that it might be over before you realize you've seen one of the new year's most intriguing, intelligent movies. - 90
Variety
A breathlessly involving tale of urban indifference, rampant hypocrisy and the difference a little human decency can make, superbly played pic is a black comedy that's frequently funny but never frivolous. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Mixes satire and suspense in unexpected ways in a film that is as darkly amusing as it is bitterly critical of bourgeois society's indifference to suffering. - 80
The New York Times
There is not a decent (or even half-decent) male character to be found in Chaos, a gripping feminist fable with a savage comic edge. - 80
The New Republic
The picture holds us, not only through our wonderment at the mixture but through Serreau's dexterity and her casting. - 80
Washington Post
One heck of a tale of deliciously unladylike payback. - 75
New York Daily News
Despite a brief, unnecessary foray into melodrama -- stands alone as compelling entertainment. - 75
New York Post
There's a carnivalesque medley of subplots scampering about the screen, but Serreau manages to emerge triumphant with all the threads nimbly stitched together.
