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The Eighth Floor

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Directed by
Pedro Ruiz
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This documentary profiles Jacques Lanctôt, a former member of the Front de libération du Québec who lived in exile in Cuba and later returned to Canada for prison and a new career as a writer and publisher. It uses dramatic re-enactments to show events from his time in Cuba.

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What happens

The Eighth Floor (French: Le huitième étage, jours de révolte, lit. "The Eighth Floor, Days of Revolt") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pedro Ruiz and released in 2023. The film is a portrait of Jacques Lanctôt, a member of the Front de libération du Québec in the 1970s who spent a number of years living in exile in Cuba, before returning to Canada, serving a prison sentence, and then becoming a writer and publisher. The film includes dramatic re-enactments of various events from Lanctôt's time in Cuba, with Lanctôt portrayed by actor Martin Dubreuil. The film premiered at the Cinémathèque québécoise on October 27, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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