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Blood Relatives is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claude Chabrol released in USA on 1 october 1981 with Donald Sutherland
Blood Relatives (1978)
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Blood Relatives involves the brutal murder of a teenage girl and the subsequent investigation led by Donald Sutherland, reprising his low-key cop role from Klute. Claude Chabrol and his regular cinematographer Jean Rabier manage to create an unsettling mood, effectively using the streets of Old Montreal to create an atmosphere of doom and gloom.Actors
Donald Sutherland
(Carella)
Donald Pleasence
(James Doniac)
Laurent Malet
(Andrew)
Lisa Langlois
(Muriel)
Aude Landry
(Patricia)
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