Weapons and Men (1973)

Original title

Des armes et les hommes

Directed by

André Melançon

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

58 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Canadian docudrama examines humanity's relationship with guns through a mix of dramatized crime scenes and interviews with military personnel, police, criminals, and collectors. It offers a factual look at the perspectives of people on different sides of gun culture.

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What happens

Weapons and Men (French: Des armes et les hommes) is a Canadian midlength docudrama film, directed by André Melançon and released in 1973. An examination of humanity's relationship with guns, the film blends dramatized scenes of gun crime and interviews with military personnel, police officers, criminals and gun collectors. The cast includes André Cartier, Gilbert Dupuis, Michel Forget, J.-Léo Gagnon, Pierre Hébert, Suzanne Kay, Robert Leclerc, Yves Massicotte, Michel Ouimet, Sidney Pearson, Sylvie Perron and Marcel Sabourin. The film won two Canadian Film Awards at the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973, for Best Actor, Non-Feature (Sabourin) and Best Non-Dramatic Script (Melançon). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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