Cin茅-club constitutionnel: screening of Les Ordres
The Constitutional Cin茅-club and Professor Johanne Poirier invite you to movie screening for the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Canadian confederation. The purpose of the program is to present films that will allow viewers to learn more about issues that have marked Canada and gain some critical reflection on them.
For this screening, we are delighted to announce that Quebec artist Louise Forestier, who played a role in Les Ordres, will be there to present the movie and to answer questions.
is a 1974 Quebec historical Les Ordres is a gripping reenactment of the roundup and imprisonment of ordinary Qu茅b茅cois citizens during the October Crisis of 1970, when Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act and regional authorities imposed virtual martial law in the panicked aftermath of kidnappings by the secessionist Front de lib茅ration du Qu茅bec (FLQ). Events unfold with startling immediacy in this early example of pseudo-documentary filmmaking鈥攔eminiscent of the work of Peter Watkins鈥攁s director Michel Brault borrows the handheld camerawork and wild sound of the cin茅ma v茅rit茅 school to film actors speaking the words of actual participants in the events, culled from extensive interviews. Restored digitally by 脡l茅phant, m茅moire du cin茅ma qu茅b茅cois. Les Ordres shared a Cannes Film Festival Award in 1975 and four Canadian Film Awards the same year. It was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards. The film was recently screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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