''The Red Maple Leaf'' is a 2016 Canadian-American,

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Frank D'Angelo Frank D'Angelo (born April 23, 1959) is a Canadian entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, filmmaker, actor, and television host. He is best known for founding D'Angelo Brands and the now-defunct Steelback Brewery. He is also known for his work in t ...

and starring D'Angelo alongside

James Caan James Edmund Caan ( ; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in ''The Godfather'' (1972), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award an ...

Robert Loggia Salvatore "Robert" Loggia ( , ; January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Jagged Edge'' (1985) and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for ...

Martin Landau Martin James Landau (; June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's '' North by Northwest'' (1959). His career breakthrough c ...

Paul Sorvino Paul Anthony Sorvino (, ; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law. Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese cri ...

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a m ...

, and

Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born ) is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a prostitute in the comedy film ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Academy Award for Best S ...

. The film is dedicated to the memory of Loggia and

Doris Roberts Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which bega ...

. The film marks Landau's final on-screen appearance as he died ten months after its release.

Plot

Jennie Adams, daughter of U.S. Ambassador Patrick Adams and granddaughter of Senator George Secord, disappears in Ottawa. Amid jurisdictional tensions between Canada and the United States, RCMP detectives Alfonso Palermo and Robert Santos lead the investigation on behalf of the Canadian government. Palermo, still grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, becomes personally invested in the case. The detectives interview Ambassador Adams, his wife, and his assistant Marie MacDonald. Pressure from the U.S. President intensifies scrutiny, and Palermo’s traditional methods strain relations with American agents. A clue found at a nearby bar supports Palermo’s theory that one of the kidnappers had been there. Palermo travels to Los Angeles to question Mrs. Stewart, the ambassador’s mistress, and visits his disapproving parents. Senator Secord manipulates Palermo into revealing his struggle with alcohol. Back in Canada, Palermo and Santos briefly detain a suspect. As the investigation deepens, Palermo uncovers troubling aspects of the ambassador’s past. Mrs. Adams, whose marriage is deteriorating, invites Palermo to dinner. Meanwhile, a former chauffeur recalls a disturbing comment made by the ambassador about his daughter being “in the way.” A forensic link between bubble wrap at the crime scene and the bar corroborates Palermo’s theory. Struggling emotionally, he relapses and is referred to therapy after an intervention by friends and colleagues. MacDonald eventually confesses to abducting Jennie and hiding her in a warehouse. While Santos arrests her, Palermo rushes to the location, discovers the girl drugged but alive, and carries her to safety—haunted throughout by visions of his late wife.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...

and

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

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