Movies and TvShows featuring "october-crisis" theme.

12-years-old Manon promises her younger brother, Mimi, that they will stay together, despite their difficult family circumstances and the ominous signs of being put into foster care. During the height of Quebec's FLQ Crisis in 1970, they stage their own rebellion by kidnapping an elderly woman and hiding her in the country, aided by their two cousins.

A young photographer is entangled in a terrorist plot against a right wing politician in an election campaign.

Corbo is a biographical crime drama set in the 1960s depicting the story of Jean Corbo and his involvement in the radical political movement during the October Crisis in Quebec. Jean becomes a member of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) and engages in acts of terrorism, ultimately leading to his tragic fate.

The Rose Family is a documentary film that delves into the history of the influential Rose family during the tense October Crisis in Quebec. It highlights their involvement in the sovereignty movement, their connection to the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), and the impact of terrorism on their lives. The film offers a comprehensive exploration of Quebec nationalism and the struggle for independence.

In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.

Canadian director Catherine Annau's debut work is a documentary about the legacy of Pierre Trudeau, the long-running Prime Minister of Canada, who governed during the 1970s. The film focuses particularly on Trudeau's goal of creating a thoroughly bilingual nation. Annau interviews eight people in their mid-30s on both sides of the linguistic divide. One tells of her life growing up in a community of hard-core Quebec separatists, while another, a yuppie from Toronto, recalls believing as a child that people in Montreal got drunk and had sex all day long. Annau has all of the interviewees discuss how Trudeau's policies affected their lives and their perceptions of the other side, in this issue that strikes to the heart of Canada's national identity.

A dramatization of the actual events surrounding the October Crisis in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Octobre is a drama film that depicts the events of the October Crisis in Quebec in 1970, when a group of Quebecois separatists kidnapped a British trade commissioner. The film explores the ethnic conflict, terrorism, and political tensions surrounding the crisis.

A documentary recounting the kidnappings of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Vice-Premier & Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte by the FLQ on October 5, 1970 in Quebec.

Explore the events and aftermath of the October Crisis of 1970 in Canada, when the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped two government officials, leading to the implementation of the War Measures Act and a martial law-like situation.