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Louis-Joseph Papineau - Le demi-dieu

Louis-Joseph Papineau - Le demi-dieu

Ce court métrage de fiction retrace l'histoire du politicien Louis-Joseph Papineau, qui demeure aujourd'hui l'un des grands symboles du nationalisme québécois. En 1835, Papineau reproche au gouverneur Lord Aylmer de faire les volontés d'une oligarchie et, non seulement de rendre impossible le jeu démocratique, mais de fausser les institutions que le peuple s'était acquises de haute lutte. Ce film raconte un incident qui finira par mettre le feu aux poudres dans le Bas-Canada.


Credits
  • director
    Louis-Georges Carrier
  • producer
    Julian Biggs
    Guy Glover
  • script
    Guy Dufresne
  • photography
    Georges Dufaux
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
  • editing
    David Mayerovitch
  • sound editing
    Pierre Lemelin
  • sound mixer
    Ron Alexander
  • music
    Joan Edward
  • cast
    Pierre Boucher
    Jean Duceppe
    Yvon Dufour
    Jean Gascon
    Jean Lajeunesse
    Jean-Louis Paris
    Denise Provost
    Guy Provost
    Mia Riddez
    Louis Turenne

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