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The Duplessis Orphans

8.0 2 Eps Drama   1997
Ciné Télé Action  
Creator(s): Johanne Prégent,

Release Date: 16 Sun, Mar 1997

In the 1950s, young boys were placed in orphanages and endure harsh and austere living conditions. As a united group, they supported each other and survived despite bullying, hardship and little hope for better days. While these children were doing their best to survive, they had no way to suspect the secret dealings between the clergy, the medical profession and the government that will inevitably seal their fates. The institution faced with a precarious financial situation, the solution is to transform the orphanage into a psychiatric institute in order to obtain additional subsidies. To demonstrate the need for this change in status, the orphans are labeled as insane by the very people who took them in to help them. While their future as orphans was already precarious, they become prisoners of an asylum system from which they have little hope of being able to free themselves even as they grow older.

  

Seasons (1)

Season 1

Season 1

2 Episodes

Casts of Season 1

Sophie Léger

as Sœur Jeanne

Jessica Barker

as Murielle

Vincent Bilodeau

as Banville

Normand D'Amour

as Lazure

Jacques-Henri Gagnon

as Duplessis

Margot Campbell

as Sœur Madeleine

Marie-France Marcotte

as Dame Mouchoir

Jacques Allard

as Mari de la Dame Mouchoir

Sacha Bourque

as Orphelin Jacques

Claude Prégent

as Docteur Blackburn

Gary Boudreault

as Docteur Bourgault

Stéphane Jacques

as Frère Martineau

Chantal Monfils

as Monique Gagné

Jocelyn Desjarlais

as Journaliste #2

Nicolas Bouthillette

as Garçon Gagné

Michel Bonneau

as Fermier

Patrick St-Cyr

as Orphelin Marc

Michel Thériault

as Gagné

Jean-René Ouellet

as Cardinal

Victor Soumis

as Orphelin Pierre

Kevin Dupuis

as Orphelin Jean

Linda Sauvé

as Sœur Crèche #1

Josée Martin

as Sœur Crèche #2

Jacinthe Potvin

as Fermière

Benoît Paiement

as Journaliste #1

Isabelle Pelletier

as Sainte-Vierge

Marie-Anne Larochelle

as Fille Gagné

Lucille Bélair

as Religieuse archevêché

Léa-Marie Cantin

as Sœur Ste-Ursule

Alexandre Mérineau

as Orphelin Michel

Josée Rivard

as Étudiante

Mathieu Labrie

as Patrick

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