René Lévesque Movies

Carl Leblanc records the memories of politician Lucien Bouchard. As a unique witness to Quebec's contemporary history, Bouchard recounts the key...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lucien Bouchard

Every year in Quebec, 25,000 reports of children being beaten, sexually abused or abandoned are retained by the Directorate of Youth Protection. And...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Arcand

Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean-Marie Lemieux

In October 1970, members of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped and murdered Minister Pierre Laporte, part of an...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Félix Rose

A look at November 15, 1976, the date the Parti Québécois seized power in the provincial elections, a victory that gave rise to an...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Bourassa

A young man, Jean Liber (Paul Guèvremont), who, at the end of his cours classique, decides to leave his rich, happy family and his finance,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: René Lévesque

The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates what the politicians' promises were and how the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean-Pierre Ronfard

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting clips from nearly 200 films from the National...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Charlebois

With his charisma, his energy, his integrity - but also his faults - René Lévesque left an indelible mark in the collective imagination...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: René Lévesque

With his charisma, his energy, his integrity - but also his faults - René Lévesque left an indelible mark in the collective imagination...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Guillaume Bourgault-Côté

October, 1995. The most important political event in recent Canadian history, the Quebec vote on sovereignty, is about to unfold. During the tense...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Josh Freed

This film establishes a parallel between the 1970 electoral campaign in Québec and the 1936 campaign dominated by Maurice Duplessis. It shows...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maurice Duplessis

A documentary which revisits the Quebec referendum of May 20, 1980, looking at both the Non/No and Oui/Yes sides.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pierre Bourgault

This film covers the transitional political period between the election of the Parti Québécois on November 15, 1976, and the Canadian...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Bourassa

A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. This film puts the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robin Spry