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Comfort and Indifference ( French: Le confort et l'indifférence) is a 1982 documentary film by Denys Arcand, offering an analysis of the 1980 Quebec referendum, in which "sovereignty-association" was defeated as a first step to eventual secession from Canada.
Synopsis. Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec’s independence was held, this documentary illustrates what the politicians’ promises were and how the population did not really care nor truly understand what was really at stake, even though just about everyone had an opinion on the subject.
« moi, j’ai à prendre un risque de perd ça, mais j’ai à prendre un risque quelque libre… » god help me, I understood just about as much as my ontario public school grade 12 french class prepared me for. beautiful and complex in ways that I almost tried to write in french but got too self-conscious about not expressing to their fullest extent. and learning about the 1980 québec referendum through the people of the province was so important and eye-opening, rather than the almost ...
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- Denys Arcand
English sub-titled version of a film showing facts and opinions that lead to the Québec referendum on independence in 1980, with the participation of a historical character: Machiavelli.
Feb 7, 1982 · Le confort et l'indifférence: Directed by Denys Arcand. With Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Raymond Barre, Pierre Brodeur, Monique Bégin. Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates what the politicians' promises were and how the population did not really care nor truly understand what was really at stake, even though just about everyone had an opinion on the subject.
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- Documentary
- Denys Arcand
- 1982-02-07
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Both cruel and funny, the film is a characteristically gloomy Arcand vision of a people ruled by their fear: incapable of challenging their own destiny, even in the face of sweeping change, they choose comfort and indifference over their birthrights.
