24 Hours or More

24 Hours or More (1973)

24 heures ou plus

This feature film made during an exceptionally feverish period of popular revolt that saw the coming together of Quebec’s 3 main unions (CSN, FTQ, CEQ) is a cinematic tract by socially engaged filmmaker Gilles Groulx. Propped against the backdrop of the 1970 October Crisis, the film is a frontal assault denouncing a “consumer society” viewed as the ultimate embodiment of evil.

Date of release
1973-01-01
TMDB
8.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Gilles Groulx

Interesting facts

24 heures ou plus is a radical political documentary about Quebec society, shot in 1971 and completed by director by Gilles Groulx by mid-January 1973. However, the film was initially suppressed by producer National Film Board of Canada and not released until February 1977.

Production and release

The film was originally titled 1461 jours, but was changed to 24 heures ou plus following a call for a twenty-four hour general strike by unions in Quebec. National Film Board of Canada Commissioner Sydney Newman halted production on the movie and made efforts to prevent bootleg recordings from spreading. In 1973, Gilles Groulx stated that he would not alter the film.

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