Comfort and Indifference

Comfort and Indifference (1982)

Le confort et l'indifférence

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.

Date of release
1982-02-07
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Denys Arcand

Casting

Interesting facts

Comfort and Indifference 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. The film takes the position that the referendum result was a failure of courage and that the Québécois were numbed by prosperity and the explicitly Machiavellian manipulations of federalist leaders.

Production

The film had a budget of $483,675 (equivalent to $1,604,433 in 2025).

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