''Blood Red Rivers'' (french: Les Rivières pourpres) is a

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, set in the French Alps. First published in

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in 1997, it appeared in September 1999 in an English translation by

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In 2000, ''Blood Red Rivers'' was adapted into film as ''

The Crimson Rivers ''The crimson Rivers'' (french: Les Rivières pourpres) is a 2000 French psychological thriller film starring Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel. The film, which was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, is based on the novel '' Blood-red Rivers'' by Jean-Ch ...

'', starring Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel. ''

'', a tv series following the novel and its adaption first aired in 2018, starring

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and

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