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Summer Crisis (2013)

Summer Crisis (2013)

Drama History
Release Date: 2013, September 13
Directors: Alain Chartrand
Countries: Canada
Production: Groupe PVP, Crystal Film Productions
Cast: Luc Picard, Martin Dubreuil, Sandrine Bisson, Kevin Parent, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, Jean-François Porlier, Mikhaïl Ahooja, Nicolas Canuel, Jean-François Poulin, Charles-Alexandre Dubé, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Benoît Langlais

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

1960s crisis quebec political activism october crisis flq