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The Duplessis Orphans
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The Duplessis Orphans

1997-03-16 · 90 min / episode · ★ 8.0

Drama

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.

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Creators
Johanne Prégent
Production companies
Ciné Télé Action
Countries
Canada
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Lawrence ArcouetteLawrence Arcouette
Sophie LégerSophie LégerSœur Jeanne
Jessica BarkerJessica BarkerMurielle
Vincent BilodeauVincent BilodeauBanville
Normand D'AmourNormand D'AmourLazure
Jacques-Henri GagnonJacques-Henri GagnonDuplessis
Margot CampbellMargot CampbellSœur Madeleine
Marie-France MarcotteMarie-France MarcotteDame Mouchoir
Jacques AllardJacques AllardMari de la Dame Mouchoir
Sacha BourqueSacha BourqueOrphelin Jacques
Claude PrégentClaude PrégentDocteur Blackburn
Gary BoudreaultGary BoudreaultDocteur Bourgault
Stéphane JacquesStéphane JacquesFrère Martineau
Chantal MonfilsMonique Gagné
Jocelyn DesjarlaisJournaliste #2
Nicolas BouthilletteGarçon Gagné
Michel BonneauFermier
Patrick St-CyrOrphelin Marc
Michel ThériaultGagné
Jean-René OuelletJean-René OuelletCardinal

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