Elected in his riding under the banner of the Parti Québécois, Jacques Parizeau became the 26th Premier of Québec in 1994. Driven by a desire to get Quebecers out of colonization and educational underdevelopment, while solving the problems of federalism, this ex-minister of finance organizes a second referendum on sovereignty held on October 30, 1995. A chronology of the events leading up to the second referendum failure, this documentary consists of interviews and archival images that bear witness to the legacy of a man politician dedicated to self-determination and died in 2015.