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A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Sophie Clément
- Ginette Lavoie
- (as Sophie Clement)
J. Léo Gagnon
- L'épicier
- (as J-Léo Gagnon)
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- Writer
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- TriviaOfficial submission from Canada for the 1975 Academy Awards.
- GoofsWhen Richard Lavoie is arrested, officers ask him his age and birthday. He answers he's 34 and born on January 31th, 1939. This may seem inaccurate, since the events of the movie are all set in October/November 1970, which would give him 31. However, Richard Lavoie's actor, Claude Gauthier, gave in fact his own birth date and age at the time of filming. This echoes the dual aspect of the movie, when, in the documentary part of the movie, the actors gave their real life's names and personal own anecdotes. By giving his own birth date, the actor communicates that he shares the same fate as the character, that of an artist who has espoused separatism and therefore is exposed to the repression of the federal government; he could have been the one in prison, being asked about his birth date and age.
- ConnectionsEdited into La conquête du grand écran (1996)
- SoundtracksLa Complainte de mon frère
Written by Philippe Gagnon
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This film takes place in the infamous 1970 October crisis in Québec. After a separatist movement kidnapped a minister of the government, the army is in the streets of Montreal and makes hundreds and hundreds of arrest, with the help of the police. The arrested are students, activists, syndicalists, but also people who ''look'' strange, are at the wrong place at the wrong time and really don't have anything to do with the situation..... This film shows the complete lost of control of the Canadian government (Pierre.E. Trudeau) and how they orchestrated their plan of making all separatist look like terrorist...
The acting of 'Jean Lapointe' as a textile worker and taxi driver is incredible...
In my opinion, this film ranks with Costa-Gavras's ''Z'' and the infamous 'Battaglia di Algeri' of Gillo Pontecorvo, as the top 3 best political movies of all times..... A must see!
The acting of 'Jean Lapointe' as a textile worker and taxi driver is incredible...
In my opinion, this film ranks with Costa-Gavras's ''Z'' and the infamous 'Battaglia di Algeri' of Gillo Pontecorvo, as the top 3 best political movies of all times..... A must see!
- tourmatipoline
- Oct 9, 2005
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- Budget
- CA$260,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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