Les Ordres
| Les Ordres | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michel Brault |
| Produced by |
Gui Caron Bernard Lalonde |
| Written by | Michel Brault |
| Starring |
Jean Lapointe Hélène Loiselle Guy Provost Claude Gauthier Louise Forestier |
| Cinematography |
Michel Brault François Protat |
| Editing by | Yves Dion |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Orders (original title: Les Ordres, known in the United States as: Orderers) is a 1974 Quebec historical drama film about the incarceration of innocent civilians during the 1970 October Crisis and the War Measures Act enacted by the Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau. It is the second film by director Michel Brault. It features entertainer and Senator Jean Lapointe.
The film tells the story of five of those incarcerated civilians. It is scripted but is inspired by a number of interviews with actual prisoners made during the events and its style is heavily inspired by the Quebec school of Cinéma vérité. It is a docufiction. It won a Cannes Film Festival Award in 1975 and four Canadian Film Awards (predecessor of the Genie Awards) the same year. It was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]
Cast
- Jean Lapointe - Clermont Boudreau
- Hélène Loiselle - Marie Boudreau
- Guy Provost - Dr. Jean-Marie Beauchemin
- Claude Gauthier - Richard Lavoie
- Louise Forestier - Claudette Dusseault
Awards
- 1975 Cannes Film Festival, won for Best Director[2] (Michel Brault, tied with Costa Gavras for Section spéciale)
- 1975 Cannes Film Festival, nominated for Golden Palm (Michel Brault)
- 1975 Canadian Film Awards, won for Best Feature Film (Claude Godbout, Guy Dufaux and Bernard Lalonde)
- 1975 Canadian Film Awards, won for Film of the Year (Guy Dufaux, Claude Godbout and Bernard Lalonde)
- 1975 Canadian Film Awards, won for Best Original Script (Michel Brault)
- 1975 Canadian Film Awards, won for Best Direction (Michel Brault)
- The Toronto International Film Festival ranked it in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time three times, in 1984, 1993 and 2004.[3]
See also
- List of Quebec films
- Cinema of Quebec
- Culture of Quebec
- Quebec independence movement
- History of Quebec
- List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Les Ordres". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ↑ "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed 28 April 2013.
External links
- Canada’s Ten Best film surveys
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia
- Les Ordres at the Internet Movie Database
- Les Ordres at allmovie