A dramatization of the abduction and murder of a Quebec government minister by a cell of The Quebec Liberation Front. In October 1970, one group from the same organization kidnapped James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner in Montreal. A few days later, a second group kidnapped Pierre Laporte, a minister of the Liberal government. The film tells the story of this last terrorist cell which ended in the cold blooded murder of Laporte.

Frustrated by the decline of the Catholic Church and willing to do anything to win back the faithful, Father Laurent calls on a strange public relations advisor with undeniable charisma to help him bring people back to church. Together, they devise a grandiose marketing strategy.