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Les ordres

Screening on Film
Directed by Michel Brault.
With Hélène Loiselle, Jean Lapointe, Guy Provost.
Canada, 1974, 35mm, black & white, 109 min.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: Cinematheque Québécoise

In October 1970 the Canadian government passed an ordinance which suspended the civil rights of the Québec people in order to infiltrate the actions of the FLQ, the left-wing separatist group responsible for a series of bombings. Michel Brault’s impassioned docudrama reenactment was a crowning achievement in the director’s prolific career.

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