Parisian murder detective commissioner Pierre Nieman is called to Gueron, a self-sufficient, prestigious univerity in a mountain valley, to investigate the murder on 32-year old professor and librarian Rémy Caillois, whose corps was found 50 meter high on a steep mountain side, naked, horribly covered in bruises and bleeding wounds, the result of some five hour of bestial torture including quasi-surgical amputation of hands cauterized to prevent bleeding to death- and eyes. Guernon is a closed society of virtually incestuous scientists, de facto succeeding to their parents' posts; the eye-doctor, formerly on the staff, says hereditary genetic diseases are the price of such elitism, but in recent year spread to the simple farming families. Inpector Max Kerkerian examines two crimes in the town: a school break-in with theft of old photos and archive paper as well as a graveyard desecration of Judith Herault...

"undercurrent" received critical acclaim when released in France in the end of last year, the first week of attendance exceeded a million, and became the 2000 box office champion of France blockbuster, after the successful landing of the United States, the same to be in hot pursuit of the American fans. Film is a Hollywood detective thriller invest in the U.S., France team shot combines elegant and delicate French film, good at creating an atmosphere of features and movie action scenes are good at making the grand realistic audience access to audio-visual and psychological the dual meet.
The "undercurrent utilized France is almost the top of the lineup. Play Jean Pierre detectives - Renault "The killer is not too cold," Bihaiqingtian "," Mission Impossible "laid its international movie star status. His acting is excellent, the chivalrous Rouchang tough guy image of the popular French President Jacques Chirac hailed as "the most representative of one of the actors of French film. In the film, yet - Renault personally depth to 40 meters deep ice crevasse shooting Pupil at -15's storm, even shooting lens was broken, and the film is nipped inside, but he still let the audience see acting most out of color. Play & Vincent - Kasai Song also starred in the international film "Joan of Arc", now is the most popular French film industry niche. He is shooting under extreme conditions "undercurrent" every day to overcome altitude sickness, sitting in the helicopter shuttle between the altitude of 3500 meters Xuefeng, still a fierce fighting play is interrupted by a nasal bone that he had to Tingpai 15 days, but his brilliant performance has won praise.
Directed by Matthew - Picasso from Leeds, who is also a director, actor, screenwriter, clip-in-one. As a director, he took home the trophy in the International Film Festival in Cannes, Caesar Award, Venice; As an actor, he won the Paris Film Festival Best Actor Award in this year's popular "Amelie" He is also the second actor. He specializes in shooting violence in society piece, "undercurrent" the highest award of the French film --- Caesar Award, went so far as to the identity of the commercial entertainment film won the Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Film Music and Best audio and five nominations, it is rare.