Blood Relatives

– A Montreal police inspector (Donald Sutherland) cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's di..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
1978
Original Name:
Les liens de sang
Blood Relatives (1978) - Also known as Les liens de sang

A Montreal police inspector (Donald Sutherland) cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.

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Release Date:

01 Oct 1981

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writer:

Sydney Banks, Claude Chabrol, Evan Hunter (novel)

Main Actors:

Donald Sutherland, Aude Landry, Lisa Langlois, Laurent Malet

Plot:

Montreal: Late at night the teenage Patricia flees into a police department, covered all over with blood. She states together with her cousin she took shelter from rain in an entry way on their way home from a party, when an unknown man threatened them, forced her cousin to perform oral sex and then killed her. Patricia could barely escape. The police starts searching among the known sex criminals - but then Patricia changes her statement and states her brother Andrew, who had an affair with his cousin, was the murderer. Inspector Carella doesn't quite believe both the statements.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10