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October 1970 (film)
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Wikipedia article
'October 1970' is an eight-part made-for-television series that played on Canadian television in October and November 2006. It is a dramatization of the actual events surrounding the October Crisis in the Canadian province of Quebec, when members of the militant separatist group Front de libration du Qubec abducted British Trade Commissioner James Cross and then Pierre Laporte, the Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour of Quebec, the latter of whom they murdered.
Cast
* Patrick Labb as Julien Gigure
* Karine Vanasse as Christine (fictional character designed by combining Carole Devault with Louise Verreault)
* Denis Bernard as Pierre Laporte
* Hugh Thompson as McLeery
* Mathieu Grondin as Jacques Lanctt
* Fanny La Croix as Louise Lanctt
* Mark Day as Mark Lepage
* Gary Levert as Michel St-Louis (reporter)
* Eric Paulhus as Bernard Lortie
* Hugo Saint-Cyr as Paul Rose
* R.H. Thomson as James Cross
* Paul Doucet as Jean-Marc
* Derek Moran as Branko
* as Sgt Albert Lisacek
Reception
'October 1970' was severely criticised by articles of and letters to 'Le Devoir' :
* [https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/123146/comment-devenir-un-heros How to become a hero] "If he is still alive, [Gigure] must be dying of laughter
* [https://www.ledevoir.com/non-classe/155963/a-voir-a-la-television-le-mercredi-12-septembre-la-serie-en-francais To be seen sep 12 on TV, the series in French] "...clearly distorted for dramatisation purposes
* [https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/156357/octobre-1970-radio-canada-doutait-de-la-qualite-de-la-serie Radio-Canada (the French-language counterpart of CBC) was doubtful of the series' quality]
* [https://www.ledevoir.com/non-classe/156748/lettres-a-propos-de-la-serie-october-1970 Letters about the series October 1970], by Jacques Lanctt himself
* [https://www.ledevoir.com/non-classe/123214/la-serie-de-la-cbc-sur-le-flq-la-guerre-yes-mon-colonel CBC's series about FLQ : War, yes my colonel] "...giving back life, against all historical obviousness, to the ludicrous idea of a plot aiming to institute a temporary government in 'October 1970'."
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