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.
Director and cast
- Michel Brault Director
- Hélène Loiselle as Marie Boudreau
- Jean Lapointe as Clermont Boudreau
- Guy Provost as Dr. Jean-Marie Beauchemin
- Claude Gauthier as Richard Lavoie
- Louise Forestier as Claudette Dusseault
- Michel Forget as Policeman
- Louise Pratte as Louise Boudreau
- Martine Pratte as Martine Boudreau
- Monique Pratte as Monique Boudreau
- Amulette Garneau as Mrs. Thibault, The Neighbour
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