Scandale (film)

Scandale
Directed by	George Mihalka
Written by	Robert Geoffrion
Produced by	Robert Lantos
Starring	Sophie Lorain Gilbert Comptois
Cinematography	François Protat
Edited by	Michaël Karen Rit Wallis
Music by	Tony Roman
Production company	Films RSL
Distributed by	Ambassador Film Distributors
Release date	7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) (Canada)
Running time	81[1] / 97 minutes[2]
Country	Canada
Language	French
Budget	$450 000

Scandale is a 1982 Canadian (Québec) comedy film.

The plot is a reference to current events at the time of the film's creation. The response of a Parti Québécois government under René Lévesque to the recession of the early 1980s included harsh cutbacks to civil service pay which angered labour union members, a core part of the constituency of the PQ and sovereignty movement. In real life, the move would cost the party the next election.

In the film, a band of government workers affected by budget cutbacks at the Ministry of Culture decide to make some fast bucks by making a blue movie in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Their finished product is unexpectedly entered into competition at the Cannes Film Festival in order to showcase Québec's culture, shocking government officials.