''Time Bombs'' is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Guylaine Maroist and Éric Ruel. It was produced by " Productions de la ruelle".

Plot

In the spring of 1957, 40 young

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soldiers were sent to

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on a top secret mission. These young men did not know they would be used as

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s in the most important

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program of the

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. The American military wanted to know how the average soldier would hold up on a nuclear battlefield. With absolutely no knowledge of the effects of

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, the young men played

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, sometimes less than away from exploding

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s — bombs as much as four times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The effects were devastating. Many of the men fell gravely ill, and some of their children were born with deformities or handicaps. The controversial operation has never received official recognition from the Canadian government. 50 years after the tests, ''Time Bombs'' follows the Atomic Veterans in their quest for recognition from the government.

Technical information

* Production: Les Productions de la ruelle inc. * Producers: Guylaine Maroist and Éric Ruel * Directors: Guylaine Maroist and Éric Ruel * Original idea: Pierre Brisson et Véronique Morin * Voice over:

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and

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* Director of photography: Steeve Desrosiers, Douglas Munro, c.s.c. and Jean-François Perreault * Visual mixing: Éric Ruel * Sound editing: Louis Dupire and Eric Ruel * Sound mixing: Jean-Paul Vialard, ONF * Scenario: Guylaine Maroist * Research: Pierre Brisson, Guylaine Maroist and Véronique Morin * Visual research: Ginette Beauchemin and Éric Ruel« productionsdelaruelle.com »
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Awards

* 2008 won the golden ribbon award for ''best documentary'' from the

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* 2008 won the grand jury prize for ''best documentary'' at the New York International Independent Film Festival

References

External links

Official website

Productions de la ruelle website
Canadian documentary films Cold War military history of Canada Documentary films about nuclear war and weapons Quebec films Documentary films about veterans 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films English-language documentary films {{Quebec-film-stub

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