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Les liens du sang (1978)
Country of Origin: Canada
/ France
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 90 mins (UK) 91 mins (Germany)
100 mins
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cinevideo-Filmel / Classic Film Industries
Executive Producers: Michael Klinger, Julian Melzack
Producers: Denis Héroux, Eugène
Lépicier
Associate Producer: Claude Léger
Production Managers: Louise Mongeau, Matthew Vibert
SCRIPT
Script: Sydney Banks, Claude
Chabrol
Novel: Ed McBain (real name: Evan Hunter)
DIRECTION
Director: Claude
Chabrol
1st Assistant Director: Justine Héroux
Assistant Director: Brice Defer
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jean Rabier
Camera Operator: Richard Ciupka
Assistant Camera: Joel Bertomeu, Jean-Marie Buquet
Gaffer: John Berrie
Electrician: Michel Paul Bélisle
Labs: Laboratoires LTC, St. Cloud, France; Sonolab Inc., Montréal,
Québec, Canada
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Yves Langlois
MUSIC
Music: Howard Blake
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Patrick Rousseau
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Michèle Dion
Wardrobe Mistress: Blanche-Danielle Boileau DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Anne Pritchard
Set Decorator: Rose Marie McSherry
Property Master: Jacques Chamberland
MISCELLANEOUS
Unit Publicist: Kay Gray
LOCATIONS
Locations: Montréal, Québec, Canada CAST
Donald Sutherland (Carella)
Aude Landry (Patricia)
Lisa Langlois (Muriel)
Laurent Malet (Andrew)
Stéphane Audran (Mrs Lowery)
Walter Massey (Mr Lowery)
Micheline Lanctôt (Mrs Carella)
Donald Pleasence (James Doniac)
David Hemmings
(Armstrong)
Ian Ireland (Klinger)
Guy Hoffman (priest)
Marguerite Lemir (Helene Beck)
Gregory Giannis (Sully)
Jan Chamberlain (grandmother)
Tim Henry (Captain Marriott)
Victor Knight (medical examiner)
Jérôme Tiberghien (Moran)
Kevin Fenlon (smoker)
Nina Balogh (Carella's daughter)
Terrence Labrosse (attorney)
Tammy Tucker (Jean Hanley)
Robert King (1st policeman)
Victor Désy (2nd policeman)
John Boylan (3rd policeman)
Howard Ryshpan (doctor)
Michael Hershewe (Albert Tiger De Coco)
Floyd Levine (Dr Harris)
Yvonne Wilder (Phyllis De Coco)
PLOT SUMMARY
In Montreal, blood soaked teenager Patricia
turns up at a police station claiming that she and her cousin have
been attacked and sexually assaulted by a mysterous stranger who murdered
her cousin. But as police start investigating their usual suspects,
Patricia suddenly changes her story - she now claims that she knows
the killer, that it's her brother Andrew. Inspector Carella doesn't
believe either of her claims and struggles to find the truth before
the killer can strike again.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A neglected horror-thriller gem that has unfairly fallen into obscurity.
A fantastic cast give their all and Chabrol's direction rises above
a rather weak script to give the film enough atmosphere and tension
to keep viewers intrigued through to the twist ending. Well worth
tracking down.
AVAILABILITY
France
Theatrical Distributor: SNC
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Filmcorp Productions Inc
Video Distributor: United Artists Video; CIC
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: MA
Finland
Rating: K-16
Norway
Rating: 18
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1977
July
7: Canada - filming begins
August
31: Canada - filming ends
1978
February
1: France - theatrical release
September
8: Canada - theatrical release
1979
February
16: Finland - theatrical release
September
7: Denmark - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
The Most Intimate Act Of All Is... ...Murder!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Blood Relatives
Blutsverwandte - West German title
Kauhun kuja - Finnish title
Laberinto mortal - Spanish title
Rosso nel buio - Italian title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Variety 25 January 1978 (USA)
credits, review
BOOKS
Creature Features Strikes Again p.50
credits, review (by John Stanley)
KEYWORDS
book into film, children, incest, sex, teenagers
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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