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8.1/10   309 votes
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Director:
Michel Brault
Writer:
Michel Brault (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 September 1974 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Plot:
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Top 3 of political films of all time more

Cast

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Hélène Loiselle ... Marie Boudreau
Jean Lapointe ... Clermont Boudreau
Guy Provost ... Dr. Jean-Marie Beauchemin
Claude Gauthier ... Richard Lavoie
Louise Forestier ... Claudette Dusseault
Louise Pratte ... Louise Boudreau
Martine Pratte ... Martine Boudreau
Monique Pratte ... Monique Boudreau
Amulette Garneau ... Mrs. Thibault, The Neighbour
Louise Latraverse ... Claire Beauchemin
Sophie Clément ... Ginette Lavoie
Esther Auger ... Esther
Claire Richard ... Mrs. Vezina
J. Léo Gagnon ... The Grocer
José Rettino ... The Foreman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Orderers (USA)
Orders
Ausnahmezustand (West Germany) [de]
Büntelenül (Hungary) [hu]
Fruktans lag (Sweden) [sv]
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Runtime:
109 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
French | English
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:11
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cameo: [Louise Portal]Richard Lavoie's wife more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999) more
Soundtrack:
La Complainte de mon frère more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Top 3 of political films of all time, 10 October 2005
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Author: Gab Cyr from Québec, Québec

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!

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