Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation
1999•1h 16m•7.0•Released
Documentary
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
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Self
Marc Lalonde
Self
Jean Chrétien
Self
Bernard Derome
Self
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