The Duplessis Orphans

Mar 16, 1997 (fr) Drama [90] Min
  • First Air Date
    Mar 16, 1997
  • Production
    Ciné Télé Action
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Les orphelins de Duplessis
  • Release
    Mar 16, 1997
  • fr
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Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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  1. Lawrence Arcouette

  2. Sophie Léger

    Sœur Jeanne

  3. Jessica Barker

    Murielle

  4. Vincent Bilodeau

    Banville

  5. Normand D'Amour

    Lazure

  6. Jacques-Henri Gagnon

    Duplessis

  7. Margot Campbell

    Sœur Madeleine

  8. Marie-France Marcotte

    Dame Mouchoir

  9. Jacques Allard

    Mari de la Dame Mouchoir

  10. Sacha Bourque

    Orphelin Jacques

  11. Claude Prégent

    Docteur Blackburn

  12. Gary Boudreault

    Docteur Bourgault

  13. Stéphane Jacques

    Frère Martineau

  14. Chantal Monfils

    Monique Gagné

  15. Jocelyn Desjarlais

    Journaliste #2

  16. Nicolas Bouthillette

    Garçon Gagné

  17. Michel Bonneau

    Fermier

  18. Patrick St-Cyr

    Orphelin Marc

  19. Michel Thériault

    Gagné

  20. Jean-René Ouellet

    Cardinal

  21. Victor Soumis

    Orphelin Pierre

  22. Kevin Dupuis

    Orphelin Jean

  23. Linda Sauvé

    Sœur Crèche #1

  24. Josée Martin

    Sœur Crèche #2

  25. Jacinthe Potvin

    Fermière

  26. Benoît Paiement

    Journaliste #1

  27. Isabelle Pelletier

    Sainte-Vierge

  28. Marie-Anne Larochelle

    Fille Gagné

  29. Lucille Bélair

    Religieuse archevêché

  30. Léa-Marie Cantin

    Sœur Ste-Ursule

  31. Alexandre Mérineau

    Orphelin Michel

  32. Josée Rivard

    Étudiante

  33. Anthony Etesonne-Bédard

    Guillaume

  34. Mathieu Labrie

    Patrick

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 34 / Crews : 3

Season 1 ( 1997-03-16)

Episode 1

Episode: 1

Episode 2

Episode: 2
Mar 16, 1997 (fr)
Drama
[90] Min
  • First Air Date Mar 16, 1997
  • Production
    Ciné Télé Action
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title Les orphelins de Duplessis
fr

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer