October 1970 (film)

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 province of Quebec, Canada when members of the nationalist and marxist group,] the Front de libération du Québec 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.

It was severely criticised by articles of and letters to Le Devoir :

• How to become a hero « If he is still alive, [Giguère] must be dying of laughter »
• To be seen sep 12 on TV, the series in French « ... clearly distorted for dramatisation purposes »
• Radio-Canada [the French-language counterpart of CBC] was doubtful of the series' quality
• Letters about the series October 1970 (by Jacques Lanctôt himself)
• 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 70. »

Cast: (in credits order)

• Patrick Labbé : Julien Giguère
• Karine Vanasse : Christine (fictional character designed by confusing Carole Devault with Louise Verreault^[1])
• Denis Bernard : Pierre Laporte
• Hugh Thompson : McLeery
• Mathieu Grondin : Jacques Lanctôt
• Fanny La Croix : Louise Lanctôt
• Mark Day : Mark Lepage
• Gary Levert : Michel St-Louis (reporter)
• Eric Paulhus : Bernard Lortie
• Hugo Saint-Cyr : Paul Rose
• R.H. Thomson : James Cross
• Paul Doucet : Jean-Marc
• Derek Moran : Branko
• Paulino Nunes : Sgt Albert Lisacek

References

External links

• October 1970 on IMDb