La Sirène rouge (2002)
Directed by Olivier Megaton

Film Synopsis

Brought up by a cruel and domineering mother, Alice is a deeply disturbed 12-year-old who lives in perpetual fear - and with good reason.  When the police fail to take seriously her frantic protestations that her mother is a murderer, Alice has no choice but to go on the run.  Pursued by ruthless killers, she knows that she is on her own - no one can help her now.  Then she meets Hugo, a rough-looking man in his forties who has his own personal war to prosecute.  Like Alice, Hugo has become bitterly inured to violence and has devoted his life to fighting for the oppressed peoples of the world.

The frightened child and the jaded middle-aged man have nothing in common, and yet they soon find themselves drawn to one another by a shared understanding and mutual tenderness.  In a desperate attempt to find the girl's missing father, this unlikely duo heads for Portugal, but as they continue their quest it soon becomes apparent to them both that their lives are in peril.  Closing on them fast is a gang of seemingly unstoppable killers who are intent on their destruction...