Ultimatum (1973 film)
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Francine Morand
| Ultimatum | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
| Written by | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
| Produced by | Marguerite Duparc |
| Starring | Jean-René Ouellet Francine Morand |
| Cinematography | Jacques Leduc |
| Edited by | Marguerite Duparc |
| Music by | Walter Boudreau |
Production company | Les films JP Lefebvre |
| Distributed by | Disci |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Ultimatum is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1973.[1] The film stars Jean-René Ouellet and Francine Morand as Arthur and Charlotte, a couple whose relationship is affected by the political climate around the October Crisis of 1970.[2]
The cast also includes Lee J. Cobb and Franco Gasparri.
According to Lefebvre, the film "tries to personalise a political experience, to interiorise a vision of an event which was completely new for Quebec, a country, which had never known an army of occupation, etc. For me the only way to politicise people is to personalise political issues".[2] The film's ultimate theme is that one is a member of their society regardless of whether they agree or disagree with the issues being confronted within it.[2]
The film was released in November 1973, within weeks of his films Pigs Are Seldom Clean (On n'engraisse pas les cochons à l'eau claire) and The Last Betrothal (Les dernières fiançailles).[3] Despite this it was the least-screened and least-reviewed of the three films; even upon its release, Michel Brûlé of Cinéma Québec reviewed the other two films together while virtually glossing over Ultimatum apart from a single mention.[4] Following its premiere, the film received little further distribution except for occasional Lefebvre retrospective events.[2]
