CinemaOSSeries · 1997 · 1 Season

The Duplessis Orphans

80%(1)IMDbDrama

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.

Created byJohanne Prégent

Play
Status
Ended
Language
FR
First aired
March 16, 1997
Last aired
March 23, 1997
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
Network
ICI Radio-Canada Télé

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Lawrence Arcouette

Lawrence Arcouette

Sophie Léger

Sophie Léger

Sœur Jeanne

Jessica Barker

Jessica Barker

Murielle

Vincent Bilodeau

Vincent Bilodeau

Banville

Normand D'Amour

Normand D'Amour

Lazure

Jacques-Henri Gagnon

Jacques-Henri Gagnon

Duplessis

Margot Campbell

Margot Campbell

Sœur Madeleine

Marie-France Marcotte

Marie-France Marcotte

Dame Mouchoir

Jacques Allard

Jacques Allard

Mari de la Dame Mouchoir

Sacha Bourque

Sacha Bourque

Orphelin Jacques

Creative team
Created by
Johanne Prégent
Johanne Prégent
Written by
Jacques Savoie
Pierre Olivier

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