Jacques Dufresne

The film looks at the impact of over-development in historic towns in Quebec’s picturesque Laurentian mountains. As big box stores and large retailers drive local merchants out of business, and foreign developers buy up huge tracts of land for resorts, local residents’ property taxes are skyrocketing. While the locals organize against expropriation by taxation, an internationally-known artist, René Derouin, adds his creative energy to protect the heritage of “Les pays d’en haut” from The Great Invasion.

Toul Québec au monde sua jobbe stages the takeover of a factory by the workers. A 1978 film interpreted by non-professionals, it is one of the few examples of worker cinema in Quebec.