''Red'', also known in some releases as ''Red the Half-Breed'', is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Gilles Carle Gilles Carle, (July 31, 1928As fully funny, Carle had pleasure to always give himself one year less, and to let people think wrongly that he was born in 1929, "The Year of the Big World Crash": see on the Quebec French newspapers that many writer ...

and released in 1970.Bill Marshall, ''Quebec National Cinema''. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. . pp. 249-251. An exploration of anti-

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

racism, the film stars

Daniel Pilon Daniel Pilon (November 13, 1940 – June 26, 2018) was a Canadian actor, known for his role on ''Dallas'' as Renaldo "Naldo" Marchetta. Pilon was born in Montreal, Quebec. In addition to ''Dallas'', he has appeared in daytime soap operas such as ...

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 Gratien Gélinas, (December 8, 1909 – March 16, 1999) was a Canadian writer, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film. His major works include ''Tit ...

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

Canadian Film Awards The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s ...

at the

22nd Canadian Film Awards The 22nd Canadian Film Awards were held on October 3, 1970 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 89-91. The ceremo ...

, for Best Supporting Actor (Gélinas), Best Supporting Actress (Giroux) and Best Cinematography ( Bernard Chentrier)."Goin' Down the Road Our Best Movie". '' Calgary Herald'', October 5, 1970.

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* 1970 films Canadian drama films 1970s French-language films Films set in Quebec Films shot in Quebec Métis film Films directed by Gilles Carle French-language Canadian films 1970s Canadian films {{Quebec-film-stub