Court métrage documentaire sur le Griffintown des années 1970, un quartier alors ignoré et dévasté. Une population réduite mais opiniâtre s'acharne à y vivre. Un professeur d'architecture de l'Université McGill y a installé sa classe et collabore à la lutte du comité de citoyens. Le sort du quartier, lié à la tyrannie de l'industrie au niveau du zonage, préfigure, dit-on, une menace qui plane sur le tissu urbain de toute une ville.
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directorMichel Régnier
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editingMichel Régnier
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producerNormand Cloutier
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imagesPierre Mignot
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soundRichard BesseSerge Beauchemin
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sound editingGilles Quintal
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consultantLuc Durand
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musicAlain Clavier
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