MOVIES - April 27, 1987

Quebec police used a small tattoo to identify a body pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week as that of renowned film maker Claude Jutra, who had been missing for five months. A small red star in a blue contour under the right arm enabled experts to confirm his identity; the body had been in the water for two to three months, said police spokesman Const. Camille Gagnon. Dental records, fingerprints and personal effects, which included a house key and a money belt containing a note that said in French, “My name is Claude Jutra,” also were used in the identification, Gagnon said. Jutra’s 1971 classic “Mon Oncle Antoine,” was declared the best-ever Canadian film by an international film panel in 1984. Jutra would have been 57 last month.