Being a huge fan of the crime classics of the 1970s, any genre pic inspired or set in the period is certainly going to appeal to someone like myself. Clive Owen and Billy Crudup lead French actor-turned-filmmaker Guillaume Canet’s (TELL NO ONE) organised crime thriller BLOOD TIES, which centres of two siblings living life on opposite sides of the law during seventies-set Brooklyn. The official synopsis is as follows:
New York, 1974. Fifty year-old Chris has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon, who’d raised them alone, seems strangely to prefer Chris – this, despite all his troubles.
Yet blood ties are the ones that bind. Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance; he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica. But Chris’ past quickly catches up to him, and his descent back into a life of crime becomes inevitable. For Frank, this descent proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother’s latest transgressions, he banishes him from his life
But it’s already too late; the brothers’ destiny will keep bounded, forever…
BLOOD TIES, which made its premiere at this years Cannes Film Festival over the weekend, co-stars a superb supporting cast including Zoe Saldana, Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard, Lili Taylor, Noah Emmerich, Matthias Schoenaerts, Griffin Dunne and James Caan. Check out this new trailer, French poster and stills collection from the film expected later in the year.
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