Orders (1974 film)

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Les Ordres
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Directed by Michel Brault
Written by Michel Brault
Produced by Guy Dufaux
Bernard Lalonde
Claude Godbout
Starring Jean Lapointe
Hélène Loiselle
Guy Provost
Claude Gauthier
Louise Forestier
Cinematography Michel Brault
François Protat
Edited byYves Dion
Production
company
Productions Prisma
Release date
  • September 27, 1974 (1974-09-27)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Budget$250,000
Box office$500,000

Orders (French : Les Ordres; known in the United States as: Orderers) is a 1974 Quebec historical drama film about the incarceration of innocent civilians during the 1970 October Crisis following the War Measures Act enacted by the Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau. It is the second film by director Michel Brault. It features entertainer and Senator Jean Lapointe.

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The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

The film tells the story of five of those incarcerated civilians. It is scripted but is inspired by a number of interviews with actual prisoners made during the events and its style is heavily inspired by the Quebec school of Cinéma vérité. It is a docufiction.

Cast

Production

Orders had a budget of $250,000 (equivalent to $1,664,195in 2023). [1] The prison scenes were shot in colour while the rest of the film was shot in black-and-white. [2]

Release

Orders grossed $500,000 (equivalent to $2,998,092in 2023) during its theatrical run. [1]

Awards

It shared a Cannes Film Festival Award in 1975 and four Canadian Film Awards (predecessor of the Genie Awards) the same year. It was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [3] The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Walz 2002, p. 77.
  2. ↑ Walz 2002, p. 89.
  3. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. ↑ "Cannes Classics 2015". Cannes Film Festival. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Awards 1975 : Competition". Festival de Cannes (International Film Festival). Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  6. ↑ "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time Archived July 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine ," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed 2 May 2015.

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