Octobre (1994)

A dramatization of the infamous Canadian terrorist abduction & murder of a government minister by a cell of The Quebec Liberation Front.

Director:

Pierre Falardeau

Writers:

Francis Simard (book), Pierre Falardeau

Stars:

Hugo Dubé, Luc Picard, Pierre Rivard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugo Dubé	...	Le Gros
Luc Picard	...	Felquiste
Pierre Rivard	...	Felquiste
Denis Trudel	...	Felquiste
Serge Houde	...	Pierre Laporte
Julie Castonguay	...	Louise
Raymond Leriche	...	Marcel
Gilles Marsolais	...	Henri
Denise Gagnon	...	Waitress
Richard Barrette	...	Client
Yves Trudel	...	Ti-Casse
Yvel Champagne	...	Femme d'Henri
Jules Falardeau	...	Jules
Jean Falardeau	...	Livreur B.B.Q.
Hélène Falardeau	...	La petite Hélene

Storyline

In October 1970, one group from the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped the British Consul in Montreal. Few days later, a second group did the same with one of the Minister of the Quebec Government. If the first was released, the second was murdered. This is the story of the second group from the stand point of the political kidnappers.

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Plot Keywords:

quebec | murder | 1970s | canadian | terrorist | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

30 September 1994 (Canada)

Also Known As:

October

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Gross:

CAD 416,810 (Canada)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-Visuelles (ACPAV), Office national du film du Canada (ONF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974)

User Reviews

A very worthwhile film

I have seen this movie twice and both times with English subtitles, but it still doesn't take away from a film that is both powerful and tragic at the same time. It's powerful in that it shows that revolutions and other such acts are carried out by ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances. It's tragic because all of the characters attempt to break out their assigned roles and see one another as human and in the end they can't and play them out to the end. The FLQers and their victim are not able to transcend their society and its dictates and so therefore, what happened happened. The only problem I have with this film is the element of inevitability to it, in which in the opening minutes one already knows that it is not bound to begin or end well. That being said, it is worth anyone's time to watch, to study and to understand the tragedy that was the October Crisis in both Quebec and Canada