Orders (1974)
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- 1h 49min
- Drama, History
- 27 Sep 1974 (Canada)
- Movie
- 3 wins & 1 nomination.
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Hélène Loiselle | ... |
Marie Boudreau / Self
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Jean Lapointe | ... |
Clermont Boudreau / Self
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Guy Provost | ... |
Jean-Marie Beauchemin / Self
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Claude Gauthier | ... |
Richard Lavoie / Self
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Louise Forestier | ... |
Claudette Dusseault / Self
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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 | ... |
Mme. Thibault - la voisine
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Louise Latraverse | ... |
Claire Beauchemin
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Sophie Clément | ... |
Ginette Lavoie
(as Sophie Clement)
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Esther Auger | ... |
Esther
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Claire Richard | ... |
Mme. Vézina
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J. Léo Gagnon | ... |
L'épicier
(as J-Léo Gagnon)
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José Rettino | ... |
Le Contremaitre
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Guy Bélanger | ... |
Directeur de la Prison
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J.-Maurice Gélinas | ... |
Maurice
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Roger Garand | ... |
Monsieur Martineau
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Philippe Robert | ... |
Le Policier
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Gilbert Comtois | ... |
Le Policier
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Denis André | ... |
Le Policier
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Pat Gagnon | ... |
Le Policier
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Jean Dubost | ... |
Le Policier
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Robert Desroches | ... |
Le Policier
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Michel Pasquier | ... |
Le Policier
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Jean-Pierre Légaré | ... |
Le Policier
(as J.-Pierre Légaré)
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Michel Forget | ... |
Le Policier
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René Jourdain | ... |
Le Policier
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Jean-Pierre Cartier | ... |
Le Garde
(as J-Pierre Cartier)
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Serges Destrempes | ... |
Le Garde
(as Serge Destrompes)
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Jacques Martin | ... |
Le Garde
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Louis Mathieu | ... |
Le Garde
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Jean-Pierre Matte | ... |
Le Garde
(as J.-Pierre Matte)
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Vincent Roberge | ... |
Le Garde
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Marie-Thérèse Beaulieu | ... |
La Surveillante
(as Marie-T. Beaulieu)
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Thérèse Morange | ... |
La Surveillante
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Barbara Page | ... |
La Surveillante
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Madeleine Pageau | ... |
La Surveillante
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Marc Daigle | ... |
Le Policier (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michel Brault |
Written by
Michel Brault | ... | () |
Produced by
Gui Caron | ... | associate producer |
Bernard Lalonde | ... | line producer |
Cinematography by
Michel Brault | ||
François Protat |
Editing by
Yves Dion |
Editorial Department
Babalou Hamelin | ... | assistant editor |
Dagmar Teufel | ... | negative cutter (as Dagmar Gueissaz) |
Production Design by
Michel Proulx |
Set Decoration by
Normand Sarrazin | ... | (as Normand Sarazzin) |
Costume Design by
Louise Jobin |
Makeup Department
Julio Piedra | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Lise Abastado | ... | production manager |
René Pothier | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alain Chartrand | ... | assistant director |
Suzanne Chiasson | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Normand Sarrazin | ... | property master (as Normand Sarazzin) |
Sound Department
Serge Beauchemin | ... | sound |
Pierre Blain | ... | boom operator |
Michel Descombes | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Bissonnette | ... | assistant camera |
Denis Deslauriers | ... | electrician |
Mathieu Décary | ... | camera trainee (as Mathieu Décarie) |
Daniel Kieffer | ... | still photographer |
Jacques Méthé | ... | assistant camera |
Script and Continuity Department
Marianne Feaver | ... | script girl |
Additional Crew
Lucie Drolet | ... | production assistant |
Guy Dufresne | ... | dialogue advisor |
Carol Faucher | ... | apprentice unit management |
Production Companies
- Les Productions Prisma
- Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) (with the assistance of)
- Les Cinémas Unis Ltée (with the assistance of)
Distributors
- Le Vidéo Club d'Amérique. (1984) (Canada) (VHS)
- New Yorker Films (1977) (United States) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
October, 1970. The Canadian government, supported by most officials in lower levels of government, has just instituted the War Measures Act in Québec, ostensibly martial law, in face of political kidnappings. Immediately, the police, without needing to give a reason or without needing to provide a warrant to enter or search a property, round up scores of people. While most are questioned, processed, then released, four hundred fifty are jailed without charge or any reason necessarily stated to them for their jailing. Five in this latter category include: St Henri social worker Claudette Dussealt, who fights for what she considers is right for the welfare of her clients; thirty-two year old unemployed and minimally educated Richard Lavoie, who takes care of his two infant children while his wife works as a diner waitress; physician Dr Jean-Marie Beauchemin, the head of a community health clinic for those with low income, he who had once run as a socialist candidate in an election; Marie Boudreau, who looks after her husband and their three teenage daughters, but may return to the workforce when the girls are out of school; and Marie's country bumpkin husband Clermont Boudreau, who works on the floor in a weaving factory, sees the union as a key to a better life in the city, is suspended in doing his work as a job steward for the union, and is driving a cab until his suspension is lifted. While in their incarceration many have child care issues, Clermont has the further issue of his ill father in Lac St Jean, who he has not seen in five years and who he learns from his mother may not have much time left. What is then shown is the psychological abuse by the prison guards on them all in order to demean and humiliate them so that they will divulge all to the interrogators even if they know nothing, they in turn not knowing how to fight back in not knowing for what they are charged. Written by Huggo |
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Budget | CAD260,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Official submission from Canada for the 1975 Academy Awards. See more » |
Goofs | When Richard Lavoie is arrested, officers ask him his age and birthday. He answers he's 34 and born on January 31th, 1939. This may seem inaccurate, since the events of the movie are all set in October/November 1970, which would give him 31. However, Richard Lavoie's actor, Claude Gauthier, gave in fact his own birth date and age at the time of filming. This echoes the dual aspect of the movie, when, in the documentary part of the movie, the actors gave their real life's names and personal own anecdotes. By giving his own birth date, the actor communicates that he shares the same fate as the character, that of an artist who has espoused separatism and therefore is exposed to the repression of the federal government; he could have been the one in prison, being asked about his birth date and age. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into La conquête du grand écran (1996). See more » |
Soundtracks | La Complainte de mon frère See more » |