Louise Beaudoin

In 1995, Quebec faced a harrowing choice: remain part of Canada or establish itself as a separate country. The future of a nation and a lifelong dream were at stake in this referendum. Through interviews and analysis, journalists Antoine Robitaille and Dave Noël delve into the secret strategies, fierce rivalries, and political maneuvering of both sides.

This film covers the transitional political period between the election of the Parti Québécois on November 15, 1976, and the Canadian federal election that brought Joe Clark to power. Featuring some of our most colourful politicians, historians, journalists, artists and citizens, this film highlights in parallel the convictions of each on the national political question, on the eve of the first Quebec referendum. Montage of newsreels shot between the election of the Parti Québécois on November 15, 1976, and the federal election of 1979.

This documentary tells the story of Quebec nationalism from the late 1960s to the present and how this nationalism has gradually transformed from progressive to a much more conservative streak.