Le confort et l'indifférence (1982)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Denys Arcand

Release Date:

7 February 1982 (Canada)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates what...

Plot Keywords:

Quebec | Quebec Canada | Parti Quebecois | Quebec Separatism

Cast

Jean-Pierre Ronfard	...	Nicolas Machiavelli
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Barre	...	Himself (Premier ministre de la France)
Monique Bégin	...	Herself (camp du non)
Pierre Brodeur	...	Himself (Mouvement Québec-Canada, camp du non)
Maurice Chaillot	...	Himself (Jardinier de Montréal, camp du oui)
Reggie Chartrand	...	Himself (Boxeur, camp du oui)
Jean Chrétien	...	Himself (camp du non)
Paul Desmarais	...	Himself (camp du non)
Jean Drapeau	...	Himself (Mayor of Montréal, séquence de la Coupe Stanley)
Irène Fournaris	...	Herself (camp du oui)
Émile Genest	...	Himself (camp du non)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	...	Himself (Président de la république)
Gérald Godin	...	Himself (camp du oui)
Ronald Jones	...	Himself (Ancien boxeur professionnel, camp du non)
Réal Laflamme	...	Himself (Agriculteur de Sainte-Rosalie, camp du non)
Guy Lafleur	...	Himself (Séquence de la Coupe Stanley)
Hauris Lalancette	...	Himself (Agriculteur, camp du oui)
Monique Lalancette	...	Herself (Agricultrice, camp du oui)
Bernard Landry	...	Himself (camp du oui)
Thérèse Laramé	...	Herself (Cinémathécaire Montréal, camp du non)
Louis Lebeau	...	Himself (Ébéniste de Daveluyville, camp du oui)
Jacques Lemieux	...	Himself (Ébéniste de Saint-Jérusalem, camp du oui)
René Lévesque	...	Himself (Premier ministre du Québec, camp du oui)
Jean Marchand	...	Himself (camp du non)
Claude Morin	...	Himself (camp du oui)
Roméo Pérusse	...	Himself (Arbitre du match de boxe sur la souveraineté)
Queen Elizabeth II	...	Herself
Michel Rivard	...	Himself (Candidat du Parti rhinocéros) (archive footage)
Claude Ryan	...	Himself (camp du non)
Camil Samson	...	Himself (camp du non)
Serge A. Savard	...	HImself (Séquence de la Coupe Stanley)
Michelle Tisseyre	...	Herself (camp du non)
Mario Tremblay	...	Himself (Séquence de la Coupe Stanley)
Pierre Trudeau	...	Himself (Premier ministre du Canada, camp du non)
Irène Typaldos	...	Herself (Travailleuse sociale de Montréal, camp du non)

Also Known As:

Comfort and Indifference
Québec et après

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Company:

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Magical Eye (1989)

How to learn about politics in Quebec: charisma and humanity of René Levesque

Really well done documentary about the Quebec politic in the '70s, and the failure of the referendum when they tried to be independent. In this movie, you realize how it was back then, and the utopia spirit they lived. The portrait of the great René Levesque, at the head of the Parti Québecois, is moving, and his speeches sound just right. He is those kind of rare politics who we can trust, because he is loyal, sincere, honest. It's nevertheless how the movie depicted him, and I really believe he was like that though I don't know much about Quebec politic past. I had a really nice overview of this important period for the Province with this excellent documentary.

How to believe in political men? See this movie.