La feuille d'érable rouge

When I read the first few reviews for this film I thoought I was watching a different film to everyone else. , terrible acting. Laughable at times and poor editing. Don't think I will be watching anything with Deangelo involved in again.

A real joy to watch and a pleasure for me to share with my friends. The Red Maple Leaf is an extraordinary simple film, yet it tells a big story, and what a story delivered by a super talented cast of some of Hollywood's finest actors. We happened to catch the film during the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and we're glad we did. Don't expect special effects and explosions, this is a real life drama. The film is produced and finely crafted by an independent production company, but I will be surprised if a big film distributor does not pick this film up very quickly because it's a fantastic film. If you get a chance to see it when it becomes available, do it you will enjoy it.

My Mom watched the film at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and told me that if I get a chance to see it I should because I would enjoy it. So, I looked it up and it was playing for a second screening as the closing film of the festival. I told my friends about it and we decided to make it an evening out to watch the movie and attend the closing festivities. I had no expectations as my mom just told me it was a great film. It started off tragically, with a detective losing his family in a car crash. The movie then changes gears into the life of a U.S. Ambassador and his wife whose young daughter went missing one morning in Ottawa Ontario, where the detective is asked to work on this case. Considering this is a movie that has so many moving parts and characters, I feel it was brilliantly directed. My friends and I were entertained through the entire movie, and were able to easily follow along with the entire story line. I was nervous recommending it to 5 girls to watch with me, as everyone is different, and usually people have different ideas of what is entertaining, however, every one of my friends enjoyed the film. I would definitely watch it again, and even recommend it to others. It also happens to feature Eric Roberts who is very sexy and one of my favorite actors.

We live just outside of San Francisco and my husband and I love going to the movies. And we love film festivals because we get to see some wonderful films that sometimes never make it to the big screen. So on the Friday we looked at the schedules of the films that we're playing at CAIFF and spotted The Red Maple Leaf which stood out because of its amazing cast of actors. We decided that we would see it on Saturday night. Well when we got to the theatre, we were caught off guard, it was so full that we thought we were not going to get tickets. We took our place in line and luckily managed to get 2 tickets, I mean luckily, because it was one of the best movies that we have seen in a long time. It's so nice to see that they can still make movies with real stories every once in a while. The icing of evening was that the star and director of the movie, Frank D'Angelo was there in the audience. He was right there watching the movie with us to everyone's surprise. When the movie ended they introduced him to a great ovation and then he took questions from the audience which made the evening even more special.

We we're in the Rheem theater for the California Film Festival deciding which movie to go see when we spotted a poster for The Red Maple Leaf. We noticed all these wonderful actors listed on the poster, many favorite stars of mine, and some that I did not see in a long time like Margot Kidder and Kris Kristofferson who I truly love. So we line up to purchase tickets and the theater is buzzing with people everywhere. It's like everyone Moraga came to see this movie. We we're not disappointed in our decision as it was a very good dramatic movie with a breathtaking story and some of Hollywood's finest actors. After the movie they introduced one of the stars of the movie Frank D'Angelo, who was in the audience, he also wrote and directed the film as well. He answered a barrage of questions from the audience which made the evening even more entertaining. He took us through some of the scenes and explained how they shot them, and gave us some background information on some of the actors, and let us in on some of the interesting things that went on during the shoot which made the entire night really fun.