72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Les liens de sang / Blood Relatives

Claude Chabrol
Canada
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Two teenagers are assaulted in a deserted street by a man, knife in hand. One escapes and the other is killed by the aggressor. Detective Carella takes care of the case. He is a very competent policeman, but he has a twelve-year-old daughter, whom he unconsciously identifies with the murdered girl. The search for the criminal becomes an obsession.

Director
Claude Chabrol (France)
Screenplay
Claude Chabrol, Sydney Banks
Plot
Evan Hunter (novel)
Photography
Jean Rabier
Edition
Yves Langlois
Music
Howard Blake
Cast
Donald Sutherland, Stephane Audran, Donald Pleasence, David Hemmings
Running Time
100 m.
Country
Canada
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