Blood Relatives (1978)
Movie | |
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German title | Blood relatives |
Original title | Les liens de sang |
Country of production | Canada , France |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1978 |
length | 101 minutes Shortened: 95 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Claude Chabrol |
script |
Sydney Banks Claude Chabrol |
production |
Denis Héroux Eugène Lépicier |
music |
Pierre Jansen Howard Blake |
camera | Jean Rabier |
cut | Yves Langlois |
occupation | |
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Blood relatives (original title: Les liens de sang ) is a Canadian - French thriller from 1978 . It was directed by Claude Chabrol , who, together with Sydney Banks, wrote the script based on a novel by Ed McBain .
action
Patricia reports the murder of her 17-year-old cousin Muriel at a police station in Montreal . She testifies that while Muriel was on her way home from a party, she was attacked, sexually abused and killed by a man. When he tried to kill her himself, she was able to flee.
At the funeral, Patricia's brother Andrew has a nervous breakdown and shortly thereafter Patricia accuses him of attacking them both. You don't believe Inspector Carella, who is in charge of the investigation. He reads Muriel's very open diary and learns all the details from her life. Muriel was adopted, lived in the family of her parents' siblings, and had a relationship with Andrew. When an older colleague became interested in her, she ended the relationship with Andrew, which she considered forbidden and which had no perspective for her.
Carella has the impression that Muriel's diary was opened by someone shortly before she died. The inspector suspects Patricia and confronts her with his suspicion and with the fact that her statements have recently contradicted each other. Patricia then breaks down nervously and confesses that she killed her cousin out of jealousy. She was of the opinion that her brother should love her more than her cousin. That's why she couldn't stand it that he showed his love at the grave even after Muriel's death, and therefore accused him.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films judges the film to be “skilful and fluidly staged” and “lively and believable in terms of the presentation”. Chabrol once again represented "the abysses behind the facade of bourgeois decency".
Cinema magazine wrote that the "dark, enigmatic crime thriller about cryptic obsessions" was "excitingly told". He puts “the usual sarcasms of Chabrol against bourgeois lies in life” in the background and puts “greater emphasis on the representation of the characters and their secret and suppressed passions”.
backgrounds
The film was shot in Montreal , where the New York plot of the novel was relocated because Chabrol believed that New York was too "hectic" and made "intimate character portrayal" impossible. The cost of production was approximately 1.45 million Canadian dollars . The world premiere took place on February 1, 1978 in France. In the USA , the film did not appear until 1981, three years later. The German premiere was on September 4, 1982 on ARD .
Web links
- Blood relatives in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blood relatives at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c blood relatives. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 12, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Cinema , accessed October 14, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for Les Liens de sang , accessed October 14, 2008
- ↑ blood relatives in the Internet Movie Database (English) , Section Box Office, accessed on July 12, 2020
- ↑ Les Liens de Sang. In: Allociné. Retrieved July 12, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Hal Erickson : Blood Relatives (1978). In: Allmovie . Retrieved July 12, 2020 .