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Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation

Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation

1999 76min EN

Canadian director Catherine Annau's debut work is a documentary about the legacy of Pierre Trudeau, the long-running Prime Minister of Canada, who governed during the 1970s. The film focuses particularly on Trudeau's goal of creating a thoroughly bilingual nation. Annau interviews eight people in their mid-30s on both sides of the linguistic divide. One tells of her life growing up in a community of hard-core Quebec separatists, while another, a yuppie from Toronto, recalls believing as a child that people in Montreal got drunk and had sex all day long. Annau has all of the interviewees discuss how Trudeau's policies affected their lives and their perceptions of the other side, in this issue that strikes to the heart of Canada's national identity.

director: Catherine Annau

cast: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Marc Lalonde, Jean Chrétien, Bernard Derome

external: IMDb

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

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Marc Lalonde

Marc Lalonde

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Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

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Bernard Derome

Bernard Derome

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