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Octobre

Octobre

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 30, 1994

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama

User Score

74%

Original Title

Octobre

Director

Pierre Falardeau

Description

A dramatization of the abduction and murder of a Quebec government minister by a cell of The Quebec Liberation Front. In October 1970, one group from the same organization kidnapped the British Consul in Montreal. A few days later, a second group kidnapped Pierre Laporte, a minister of the Quebec Governement. The film tells the story of this last terrorist cell which ended in the death of its hostage.