Centre-Ville, l'âge des lumières (Downtown: The Age of Lights) 

Montrealers crowd St. Catherine Street, doing the Christmas shopping, as snow falls on a December day. Beyond the big stores, it is the city's centre.

Director:

Paul Carvalho

Writers:

Paul Carvalho, Coralie Dumoulin (co-writer)

Star:

Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Pierre-Yves Cardinal	...	Narrator

Storyline

Electric lighting and American culture give Saint Catherine Street a vibrant nightlife filled with exotic cabarets. Tourists gamble, prostitution is rife, police are on the take. But a whistleblower, Pacifique Plante, exposes the system and triggers a public inquiry. The star prosecutor, Jean Drapeau, becomes mayor of Montreal and reshapes the city into a modern metropolis.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Release Date:

20 July 2016 (Canada)

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