June 13 was held in Quebec City, the first meeting of the adapter and director, Martin Genest, with the actors of October 1970 , the next generation of White Theatre. On the photograph shows, from left to right: Louis-Olivier Mauffette Lucien Ratio, Martin Genest Vincent Champoux and Eric Leblanc. The fifth cast member, Renaud Paradis, was retained by a shooting in Montreal. The actors are aware of the broad guidelines of Martin Genest in adapting the screenplay October Pierre Falardeau, they also read a few scenes to begin to invest the characters of the four FLQ and Pierre Laporte.
They started to become familiar with the staging of a very special show. Part of the structure of bleachers had indeed been laid up in a large warehouse. Martin Genest and set designer and artistic director, Jean Hazel, wanted to test the overhead view would have the spectators.
latter noted in a return on that day: " The position of spectators is quite disturbing. The side judge is very voyeuristic and present. "Tandem Genest - Hazel has already an experience of such viewers, the show Festen, family celebration , few years ago, they want to go further in this direction, with October 1970.
Here is what John sees a window of the studio Quebec in Rome, where he currently resides. This is not the Colosseum or the Trevi Fountain, or a panoramic view of the other six hills of Rome, the Eternal City is also, necessarily, from this time ... 
