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Orders

1974

1h 49m

7.4(22 votes)

Drama

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Overview

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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35 members

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Hélène Loiselle

Marie Boudreau

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Jean Lapointe

Clermont Boudreau

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Guy Provost

Dr. Jean-Marie Beauchemin

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Claude Gauthier

Richard Lavoie

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Louise Forestier

Claudette Dusseault

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Michel Forget

Policeman

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Louise Pratte

Louise Boudreau

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Martine Pratte

Martine Boudreau

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Monique Pratte

Monique Boudreau

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Amulette Garneau

Mrs. Thibault, The Neighbour

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Louise Latraverse

Claire Beauchemin

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Sophie Clément

Ginette Lavoie

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Esther Auger

Esther

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Claire Richard

Mrs. Vézina

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J. Léo Gagnon

The Grocer

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José Rettino

The Foreman

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J.-Maurice Gélinas

Maurice

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Roger Garand

M. Martineau

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Philippe Robert

Policeman

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Gilbert Comtois

Policeman

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Denis André

Policeman

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Pat Gagnon

Policeman

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Jean Dubost

Policeman

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Jean-Pierre Matte

Prison's Guardian

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Michel Pasquier

Policeman

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Jean-Pierre Légaré

Policeman

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René Jourdain

Policeman

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Jean-Pierre Cartier

Prison's Guardian

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Serge Destrempes

Prison's Guardian

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Jacques Martin

Prison's Guardian

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Louis Mathieu

Prison's Guardian

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Vincent Roberge

Prison's Guardian

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Thérèse Morange

Prison's Guardian

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Barbara Page

Prison's Guardian

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Madeleine Pageau

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