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1994 Canadian film

Octobre

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publication date1994
instance offilm
directorPierre Falardeau
genredrama film
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Directed by
Pierre Falardeau
Written by
Francis Simard (book)Pierre Falardeau
Produced by
Marc Daigle
Starring
Hugo DubéLuc PicardSerge Houde
Cinematography
Alain Dostie
Edited by
Michel Arcand
Music by
Richard Grégoire
Productioncompany
ACPAV
Release date
30 September 1994
Running time
97 min
Country
Canada
Language
French

Octobre is a 1994 Quebec film directed by filmmaker and noted independentist Pierre Falardeau. It tells a version of the October Crisis from the point of view of the Chénier Cell, the FLQ terrorist cell who in 1970 kidnapped and murdered Quebec minister and Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte, as reported to director Pierre Falardeau by Chénier Cell member Francis Simard during interviews in jail over a period of 5 years. The film is based on the 1982 book Pour en finir avec Octobre by Francis Simard, who was one of the members of the Chénier Cell. The film was co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Dubé and Pierre Rivard won the 1994 Prix Guy-L'Écuyer for Octobre.

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