October 1970 is an eight-part made-for-television series that played on Canadian television in October and November 2006. It is a dramatization of the actual events surrounding the October Crisis

October Crisis

The October Crisis was a series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec during October 1970 in the province of Quebec, mainly in the Montreal metropolitan area.The circumstances ultimately culminated in the only peacetime use...

 in the province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada when members of the nationalist

Nationalism

Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...

 terrorist group

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

 the Front de libération du Québec

Front de libération du Québec

The Front de libération du Québec was a left-wing Quebecois nationalist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action...

 abducted British Trade Commissioner James Cross

James Cross

James Richard Cross, CMG was a British diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group during the October Crisis of October 1970....

 and then Pierre Laporte

Pierre Laporte

Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped and killed by members of the group Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis. Mr...

, the Vice-Premier

Premier of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....

 and Minister of Labour of Quebec, the latter of whom they murdered.

Cast: (in credits order)

• Patrick Labbe : Giguere
• Karine Vanasse
  Karine Vanasse
  Karine Vanasse is a French Canadian actress. She currently appears in the role of Colette in the ABC TV series Pan Am. Vanasse is the daughter of council worker Conrad Vanasse and Renée Gamache, who was her manager at the beginning of her career.-Life and career:Vanasse was born in Drummondville,...
  
   : Christine
• Denis Bernard
  Denis Bernard
  Denis Bernard is a Canadian film, television and theater actor and producer.- Actor :- Producer :- Awards :* Prix Paul-Hébert * Prix Nicky-Roy...
  
   : Pierre Laporte
  Pierre Laporte
  Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped and killed by members of the group Front de libération du Québec during the October Crisis. Mr...
  
  
• Hugh Thompson
  Hugh Thompson
  Hugh Thompson may refer to:*Hugh Miller Thompson , second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi*Hugh Smith Thompson , Governor of South Carolina, 1882-1886*Hugh Thompson, Jr...
  
   : McLeery
• Mathieu Grondin : Jacques Lanctot
  Jacques Lanctôt
  Jacques Lanctôt is a Canadian writer and publisher, restaurateur, and former militant separatist.Lanctôt is a former member of the FLQ, a violent separatist group.He was one of the FLQ members who kidnapped James Cross, a British diplomat in October 1970....
  
  
• Fanny La Croix : Louise Lanctot
  Louise Lanctôt
  Louise Lanctôt, born March 24, 1947, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a convicted kidnapper and writer.A political activist for the cause of Quebec independence from Canada, Louise Lanctôt was an active member of the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale political party that later merged...
  
  
• Mark Day : Mark Lepage
• Gary Levert : Michel St-Louis (reporter)
• Eric Paulhus : Bernard Lortie
  Bernard Lortie
  Bernard Lortie of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was a member of the Chenier Cell of the Front de libération du Québec who were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the province of Quebec....
  
  
• Hugo St-Cyr : Paul Rose
• R.H. Thomson : James Cross
  James Cross
  James Richard Cross, CMG was a British diplomat in Canada who was kidnapped by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group during the October Crisis of October 1970....
  
  
• Paul Doucet
  Paul Doucet
  Paul Doucet is a Canadian actor. He won a Prix Gémeaux for Meilleure interprétation premier rôle masculin - série dramatique for his portrayal of Jean Duceppe in the Jean Duceppe episode 5. His most recent work includes a leading role in Les 3 P'tits Cochons...
  
   : Jean-Marc
• Derek Moran : Branko
• Craig Harris : Police Officer