this would be a compelling and scary film if it be fiction . but it be in fact and a docudrama base on the worrisome event of the quebec crisis of 1970. canadian adulate pierre trudeau but forget that he be the one who unleash a police state on a free country . ( we never learn and do we . we do it to the ukranian in world war i and to the japanese in world war ii and now to arab and muslim . but i digress . ) les ordres capture the gritty reality of work class montreal with stark black and white footage and punctuate with occasional but effective colour . it take the unusual but also effective step of have the actor discuss the people they play within the body of the film . i be leave with an understanding of how something like the gestapo can come about in a civilized society if police be give unfettered power . the quebec police and the rcmp come very close to the gestapo model . although there be no significant abuse outside quebec and the law apply to all of canada . i be a broadcaster in toronto at the time and it be frighten to realize that for a time freedom of the press do not exist in canada . this be a powerful and compelling work that deserve wide exposure . it also should be show in school a a fundamental example and a discussion starter on the importance of civil right and the fragility of freedom .