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| Blood Relatives | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Written by | Sydney Banks Claude Chabrol Ed McBain (novel) |
| Produced by | Denis Héroux Eugène Lépicier |
| Starring | Donald Sutherland Aude Landry Lisa Langlois Laurent Malet Stéphane Audran Donald Pleasence David Hemmings |
| Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
| Edited by | Yves Langlois |
| Music by | Pierre Jansen |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Astral Video |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France/Canada |
Blood Relatives (original French title: Les liens de sang) is a 1978 Canadian-French mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol from a screenplay that he and Sydney Banks adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by Ed McBain.[1] Set in Montreal, Canada, it involves the brutal murder of a teenage girl and the subsequent investigation led by Donald Sutherland as Steve Carella, the lead character of McBain's 87th Precinct series. Blood Relatives was filmed under a policy that allowed full tax deferment to foreign produced films if they reflected a specific portrait of Canada.[2] For this reason, the novel's setting of a thinly-veiled New York City is changed to Montreal.[3] Filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (whose 1963 film High and Low was adapted from an Ed McBain novel) called Chabrol a "pretty skillful director" and this film "the best of all Ed McBain adaptations".[4]
- ^ Variety Staff (December 31, 1977). "Blood Relatives". Variety. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Nichinson, Daniella (February 22, 2017). "Anthology Revives Tax Shelter Films". Washington Square News. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Buck, Douglas (October 9, 2017). "Blood Relatives (Claude Chabrol, 1978)". Offscreen. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ "Akira Kurosawa -".