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.

  • Keywords: child abuse, asylum, orphanage, orphan, catholic school, catholic church, clergy
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    The Duplessis Orphans Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1997-03-16
    2 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

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