Blood Ties (2013 film)

Blood Ties
Film poster
Directed byGuillaume Canet
Written by
Based on
  • Les liens du sang
    by
    • Jacques Maillot
    • Pierre Chosson
    • Eric Veniard
  • Deux frères: flic & truand
    by
    • Michel Papet
    • Bruno Papet
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristophe Offenstein
Edited byHervé de Luze
Music byRaphaël Hamburger
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20) (Cannes)
  • October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30) (France)
  • March 21, 2014 (2014-03-21) (United States)
Running time
  • 144 minutes (France)[3]
  • 127 minutes (United States)[4]
Countries
LanguageEnglish[2]
Budget$25 million[5]
Box office$2.5 million[6]

Blood Ties is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis and Matthias Schoenaerts. It is a remake of the 2008 French thriller film Les liens du sang by Jacques Maillot, an adaptation of the French novel Deux frères: flic & truand by Bruno and Michel Papet. The screenplay was written by Canet and James Gray. The film was selected to be screened out of competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[7] The film is a co-production between France and the United States. It was released in France by Mars Distribution on October 30, 2013, and by Roadside Attractions in the United States on March 21, 2014.

  1. ^ a b "Blood Ties de Guillaume Canet (2013)". Unifrance.
  2. ^ a b c "Blood Ties (2014)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Blood Ties". Cineuropa. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Das, Abhimanyu (March 20, 2014). "Blood Ties". Slant Magazine.
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (January 9, 2014). "French Specialty Players: Lost in Translation?". Variety.
  6. ^ "Blood Ties (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. April 21, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.