Red, also known in some releases as Red the Half-Breed, is a 1970 Canadian drama film, directed by Gilles Carle.[1] An exploration of anti-indigenous racism, the film stars Daniel Pilon as Reginald "Red" Mackenzie, the Métis half-brother of an otherwise all-white family of siblings, who becomes the primary suspect when his sister Elizabeth (Fernande Giroux), the wife of wealthy car dealer Frédéric Barnabé (Gratien Gélinas), is murdered.[1]

Red
Directed byGilles Carle
Written byClément Perron
Produced byPierre Lamy
StarringDaniel Pilon
Geneviève Deloir
Gratien Gélinas
Fernande Giroux
CinematographyBernard Chentrier
Edited byYves Langlois
Music byPierre F. Brault
Production
companies
Famous Players
Onyx Films
Release date
  • March 27, 1970 (1970-03-27)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Geneviève Deloir, Donald Pilon, Yvon Dufour, Claude Michaud and Raymond Cloutier.

The film won three Canadian Film Awards at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards, for Best Supporting Actor (Gélinas), Best Supporting Actress (Giroux) and Best Cinematography (Bernard Chentrier).[2]

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  1. ^ a b Bill Marshall, Quebec National Cinema. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. ISBN 9780773521162. pp. 249-251.
  2. ^ "Goin' Down the Road Our Best Movie". Calgary Herald, October 5, 1970.
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