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Les ordres (The Orders)

Produced by Les Productions Prisma and Les ordres Inc. 1974. Colour and B&W. 107 mins. Exec. Producer: Bernard Lalonde. Written and Directed by Michel Brault. Cinematography by Michel Brault and Franois Prott. Edited by Yves Dion. Music by Philippe Gagnon. Cast and Characters in order of their self-introduction: Jean Lapointe as Clermont Boudreau (husband/father, factory worker/union steward and taxi driver); Hlne Loiselle as Marie Boudreau (housewife and mother); Louise Forestier as Claudette Dusseault (social worker); Claude Gauthier as Richard Lavoie (unemployed househusband/father); Guy Provost as Dr. Jean Marie Beauchemin (physician). Awards: Canadian Film Awards Film of the Year, (Best) Feature Film, Director, Original Screenplay; Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director Award. Opening Text Superimposed Over Black Background: Lorsqu’une forme donne d’autorit brime un homme injustement, c’est tous les autres hommes qui en sont coupables; car ce sont eux qui par leur silence et consentement permettent l’autorit de commettre cet abus. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1958. English Translation: When a man is abused unjustly by any form of authority, all men are responsible; for it is they who, by their silence, permit and condone such oppression. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1958 Text Superimposed Over Shot of Clermont’s Taxi in Driveway at his House Near Start of Film: Qubec, Octobre 1970 Enlvement de 2 personalitis politiques par le Front de Libration du Qubec. Les autorits fdrales dcrtent la loi des measures de geurre. 450 citoyens sont imprisonns. Aucun ne fut accus de quoi que ce soit a sa remise en libert. Ce film t tourn d’aprs les tmoignages de 50 de ces victimes a leur sortie de prison. English Translation: Quebec, October 1970 The FLQ kidnaps 2 political figures. Federal authorities proclaim the War Measures Act. 450 citizens are imprisoned. All are eventually released without any charges having been laid. This film is based on interviews with 50 of them. Note: Also superimposed over a later shot on the screen is the text of the letter sent to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau requesting assistance because of an existing state of “apprehended insurrection,” the magic words that led to the first and only peacetime imposition of the War Measures Act (1914) in the early morning hours of October 16th, 1970....