The Eighth Floor

The Eighth Floor is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pedro Ruiz and released in 2023. The film is a portrait of Jacques Lanctôt, a member of the Front de libération du Québec in the 1970s who spent a number of years living in exile in Cuba, before returning to Canada, serving a prison sentence, and then becoming a writer and publisher.
The film includes dramatic re-enactments of various events from Lanctôt's time in Cuba, with Lanctôt portrayed by actor Martin Dubreuil.
The film premiered at the Cinémathèque québécoise on October 27, 2023.