Summer Crisis

Summer Crisis

2013 · 97 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama, History

In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.

Directed by Alain Chartrand · Written by Mario Bolduc

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Mikhaïl Ahooja Bernard Lortie
Vincent-Guillaume Otis Paul Rose
Benoît Langlais Jacques Rose
Charles-Alexandre Dubé Francis Simard
Geneviève Boivin-Roussy Genevive Richer
Kevin Parent Gabriel Boudreau
Raymond Bouchard Bujold
Luc Picard Duguay
Ariane-Li Simard-Côté Lison Hébert
Jean-François Poulin Docteur
Francis Cantin Robert Doyon
Sandrine Bisson Lucie

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