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TV series

The Duplessis Orphans

Original title: Les orphelins de Duplessis

1997 · 1 season · 2 episodes

Created by Johanne Prégent

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Synopsis

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.

About 3h to watch every episode. An estimate: 2 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 90 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Lawrence Arcouette
    2 episodes

  • Sophie Léger
    Sœur Jeanne
    2 episodes

  • Jessica Barker
    Murielle
    2 episodes

  • Vincent Bilodeau
    Banville
    2 episodes

  • Normand D'Amour
    Lazure
    2 episodes

  • Jacques-Henri Gagnon
    Duplessis
    2 episodes

  • Margot Campbell
    Sœur Madeleine
    2 episodes

  • Marie-France Marcotte
    Dame Mouchoir
    2 episodes

  • Jacques Allard
    Mari de la Dame Mouchoir
    2 episodes

  • Sacha Bourque
    Orphelin Jacques
    2 episodes

  • Claude Prégent
    Docteur Blackburn
    2 episodes

  • Gary Boudreault
    Docteur Bourgault
    2 episodes

  • Stéphane Jacques
    Frère Martineau
    2 episodes

  • Chantal Monfils
    Monique Gagné
    2 episodes

  • Jocelyn Desjarlais
    Journaliste #2
    2 episodes

  • Nicolas Bouthillette
    Garçon Gagné
    2 episodes

  • Michel Bonneau
    Fermier
    2 episodes

  • Patrick St-Cyr
    Orphelin Marc
    2 episodes

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