'' Blood Ties '' is a 2013 Franco – American crime thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet . It is a remake of 2008 French thriller '' 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 and stars Clive Owen , Billy Crudup , Marion Cotillard , Mila Kunis and Matthias Schoenaerts . The film was selected to be screened out of competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival . It received a limited release on March 21 , 2014 in the United States
2013 Cannes Film Festival
2013 Cannes Film Festival
Blood Ties (2013 film)