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Orders (French: Les Ordres; known in the United States as: Orderers) is a 1974 Quebec historical drama film about the incarceration of innocent civilians during the 1970 October Crisis following the War Measures Act enacted by the Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau.
Sep 27, 1974 · Orders: Directed by Michel Brault. With Hélène Loiselle, Jean Lapointe, Guy Provost, Claude Gauthier. A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
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- Drama, History
- Michel Brault
- 1974-09-27
Oct 5, 2016 · Michel Brault – Les Ordres AKA Orders (1974) Les ordres has been rated by critics as one of the best Canadian films ever made. It subtly blends fiction and documentary realism in a chilling portrait of what can happen to a liberal democracy when the state imposes its power.
Sep 20, 2009 · Les Ordres was named one of the Top 10 Canadian films of all time in polls conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival in 1984, 1993, 2004 and 2015, and is considered one of the major works of Québec cinema.
Dec 22, 2019 · Les ordres (1974) 4.2. ( 18) October 1970: Under the pretext of waging war against the terrorist group Front de libération du Québec, the Canadian Parliament passes the War Measures Act. The Police and the Army use it and try to break-up popular groups in the Province of Quebec. More than 400 people are arrested for what appears to be their ...
Canada has its own Zero Dark Thirty in Michel Brault’s Les ordres, a riveting and pioneering docudrama about the iron-fisted government response to the 1970 October Crisis. Brault won the ...
Les ordres has been rated by critics as one of the best Canadian films ever made. It subtly blends fiction and documentary realism in a chilling portrait of what can happen to a liberal democracy when the state imposes its power.
