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 Film Board of Canada archives, director Luc Bourdon reinterprets the historical record, offering us a new and distinctive perspective on the Quiet Revolution.
Editing
Bourdon's 200-film jigsaw creates narrative where none existed—pure archival sorcery.
Direction
No narrator, no crutch—lets the footage breathe and speak for itself.
Sound
Robert Charlebois and Mouffe's music becomes the revolution's unofficial soundtrack.
Director
Luc Bourdon
Robert Charlebois
Self (archive footage)
Mouffe
Self (archive footage)
Michel Tremblay
Self (archive footage)
Pauline Julien
Self (archive footage)
Alanis Obomsawin
Self (archive footage)
René Lévesque
Self (archive footage)
Muddy Waters
Self (archive footage)
Micheline Lanctôt
Self (archive footage)
René Simard
Self (archive footage)
Jean Carignan
Self (archive footage)
Guy Lafleur
Self (archive footage)
Jean Chrétien
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Self (archive footage)
Guy Thauvette
Self (archive footage)
Robert Rivard
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bourdon spent three years in the NFB vaults, watching over 3,000 hours of footage to find his 200 films. The man has PATIENCE.
The 'Révolution tranquille' transformed Quebec from Catholic agrarian backwater to secular modern society in roughly a decade—this film captures that whiplash without saying a word about it.
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