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Octobre
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Wikipedia article
'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 Chnier 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 Chnier Cell member Francis Simard during interviews in jail over a period of 5 years.'Les boeufs sont lents mais la terre est patiente', p.104, Pierre Falardeau, 1999 The film is based on the 1982 book 'Pour en finir avec Octobre' by Francis Simard, who was one of the members of the Chnier Cell. The film was co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Notable cast
* Maryse Ouellet
* Luc Picard
* Serge Houde
See also
* Cinema of Quebec
* History of Quebec
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