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1973 9 min
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An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter train, a unilingual ticket collector and a bilingual passenger. The passenger appears on screen himself to describe his bid to have tickets requested in French as well as in English. What ensued, and how even the railway president became involved, is illustrated with wit and humor.

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An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter train, a unilingual ticket collector and a bilingual passenger. The passenger appears on screen himself to describe his bid to have tickets requested in French as well as in English. What ensued, and how even the railway president became involved, is illustrated with wit and humor.

  • director
    Pierre Perrault
  • producer
    Tom Daly
    Wolf Koenig
  • executive producer
    Robert Verrall
  • photography
    Michel Brault
    Bernard Gosselin
  • animation camera
    Pierre Provost
  • sound
    Serge Beauchemin
  • editing
    John Kramer
    David Mayerovitch
  • animation
    Don Arioli
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • music
    Karl Duplessis
  • participant
    Marc Brière

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Ages 13 to 16
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Set in the midst of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution, this curious little film takes a witty, humorous look at the effects of unilingualism on a businessman’s daily routine. After screening the film, ask students to recall similar experiences (e.g., of misunderstanding, revolt or resignation) with respect and humour. In art class, the film’s intertitles can serve as inspiration for cartoons or drawings with social content by students.
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