As this movie was done at a time when Quebec cinema was in further development, this one was way ahead of its time...
Children of a city nearby a pulp-and-paper plant suddenly get sick (and dying as well) due to suspicious chemicals thrown out by this company. Despite the warnings of a surgeon in a laboratory, the productivity-ridden executives and even the government does not give a damn to recognize the situation. It is up to a woman, who used to work at the said company and witnessed the situation, to go to extremes to pass the message to the population, mainly the children...
Many of top Quebec actors at the time had roles. Though the subject would have deserved more of an in-depth situation rather than a melodramatic momentum (and the improbable hostage scene at the end... Head of Governments and Corporations are way better protected these days...), it is a movie which brings to reflexion and brings up the worst of corporate manipulation with the media, the government and the population...
And sadly, like in many battles, there are victims... Small victims...
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