Acting
Dans un petit village de France près de Reims, Jean Rivière, un journaliste canadien, descend dans le seul hôtel de l'endroit. Ce soir-là on vient de découvrir, dans sa boutique, baignant dans son sang, la mercière assassinée In a small village in the French countryside, a traveling canadian journalist finds the hostess of the small hotel dead, victim of murder, and begins investigating along with a local magistrate.
A dramatized story about a town where illegal activities are allowed to thrive, some of the politicians are dishonest, and a doctor and couple of colleagues try to help townspeople see that public health measures, especially those that might control syphilis, are necessary. Two of the most influential men in town oppose clean-up and public health efforts until their young adult children contract syphilis. Spliced into the dramatic film are segments of other educational films, including animated segments, that describe the symptoms and risks of syphilis. A butcher named Tony is excited about the birth of his first child, but the child is born dead because of a maternal syphilis infection.
This film is a reconstruction of Robert Baldwin’s involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Though bound to the cause of constitutional reform by principle, Baldwin’s heart was with the rebels and in the midst of armed revolt, he withdrew to fight a lonely battle with himself.
