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Red Eyes (1982)

Red Eyes poster
Original title
Les yeux rouges
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Genre
thriller, crime
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French Canadian film dramatizes a series of voyeurism and sexual assaults in Quebec City during 1979. It follows the story of a young actress named Marie-Louise, based on a real victim, as these events escalate to a murder.

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What happens

Red Eyes (French: Les Yeux rouges) is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1982. The film is a dramatization of the "automne chaud", a real-life series of voyeurism and sexual assault incidents in Quebec City in 1979 that culminated in the murder of young actress France Lachapelle. The film stars Marie Tifo as Marie-Louise, the film's version of Lachapelle, as well as Jean-Marie Lemieux, Pierre Curzi, Raymond Bouchard, Denise Proulx, Pierrette Robitaille, Rémy Girard, Gaston Lepage, Micheline Bernard, Denise Gagnon, Paul Hébert, Serge Thibodeau, Bob Walsh and Yves Bourque. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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