The Duplessis Orphans

The Duplessis Orphans (1997)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: Johanne Prégent
  • First Air Date: 1997-03-16
  • Last Air Date: 1997-03-23
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 2
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Production Company: Ciné Télé Action
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Networks: ICI Radio-Canada Télé
  • Director: Johanne Prégent

Summary

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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The Duplessis Orphans Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1997-03-16
2 Episodes

The Duplessis Orphans Episodes

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  • Lawrence Arcouette

    as
  • 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
  • Anthony Etesonne-Bédard

    as Guillaume
  • Mathieu Labrie

    as Patrick
Writing Jacques Savoie Writer
Directing Johanne Prégent Director
Writing Pierre Olivier Writer