Bingo (1974)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Réjean Guénette	...	François
	Anne-Marie Provencher	...	Geneviève
	Claude Michaud	...	Fernand
	Alexandra Stewart	...	Hélène
	Gilles Pelletier	...	Pierre
	Manda Parent	...	Éva, la grand-mère de François
	Janine Fluet	...	Madeleine
	Jean Duceppe	...	Eugène, le père de François
	Willie Lamothe	...	Albert
	Louisette Dussault	...	Marie
	Pierre Valcour	...	Bernard Léger, le chef de l'opposition
	Marcel Sabourin	...	Pierre Lemoyne
	Denise Pelletier	...	Mme. Gendron
	Roger Lebel	...	Champagne
	Yvon Barrette	...	Un révolutionnarie

Storyline

Photography student François leads a mostly carefree life in Québec, spending most of his time hanging out with and photographing his girlfriend, Geneviève. That life changes after his father, Eugène, the family breadwinner, gets laid off from his job at American owned J.W. Goldwater and Sons, where he's worked for twenty years. Eugène and many of his fellow employee's jobs have been mechanized, and that particular factory sold. The men plan on holding continual solidarity protests - which includes not allowing other union employees to go to work - until they get their jobs back. Aspiring photographer François wants to document the protests on film. Believing the situation at Goldwater a systemic problem fostered by big business supportive provincial government policy, a small faction of the union, led by two men named Pierre and Fernand, want to co-opt... Written by Huggo  

Details

Box Office

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Did You Know?