this excellent thriller owe most of the credit to it author ( the book ) jean christophe grange and actor jean reno . you will find some similarity of the film with crimson river and which be also base on grange book and jean reno play the lead character commissioner pierre niemans . like crimson river and the movie begin with seemingly two different event and a pair of cop try to unravel the mystery . anna heymes ( arly jover ) and the wife of a respected government official laurent ( philippe ba ) be have a rare amnesia and nightmarish hallucination of horrible murder and while in the turkish neighborhood of paris and police captian paul nerteaux ( jocelyn quivrin ) be try to solve the possible serial killing of the illegal turkish woman with the help of an ex cop jean louis schiffer ( jean reno ) and who be also an expert in turkish underworld and organize crime . eventually these two seemingly unrelated world begin to collide into a web of danger and dark mystery . a usual and grange work make this movie a cerebral action thriller . cherish it .