The Eighth Floor (, lit. "The Eighth Floor, Days of Revolt") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pedro Ruiz and released in 2023.Alejandra de la Huerta, "The Eighth Floor Review: The Exile in Cuba". Point of View, February 26, 2024. 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.Marco Fortier, "«Le huitième étage, jours de révolte»: les confessions d’un révolutionnaire fatigué". Le Devoir, October 27, 2023.
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.
Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Prix Iris December 8, 2024 Best Original Music in a Documentary Jérôme Minière Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
References
External links