Orderers

Original title: Les ordres

1974
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination

Trivia
Official submission from Canada for the 1975 Academy Awards.

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.

Connections
Edited into La conquête du grand écran (1996)

Soundtracks
La Complainte de mon frère
Written by Philippe Gagnon

User reviews12

Review

Featured review

10/10

Hollywood producers often rely on foreign masterpieces for diluted remakes. This is one of them.

It really happened. it was October 1970. Wartime law was voted in Canada. Not Bosnia, not Congo, not Cosovo, not Albania. Canada. At dawn, 400 individuals were arrested in Montréal and held in jail for weeks without charges nor explanation. This masterpiece by Michel Brault tells about it. Wether you see it to understand current canadian news or to reflect on freedom or to see an excellent thriller, I doubt you'll regret it. A must for communication students.