
The Duplessis Orphans
S1 · E1IMDB:
8.0
Released
3/16/1997
Duration
1h 30m
Genre
Drama
Country
Canada
Cast
Lawrence Arcouette, Sophie Léger, Jessica Barker
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.

The Duplessis Orphans
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
8.0Released
3/16/1997
Genre
Drama
Cast
Lawrence Arcouette, Sophie Léger, Jessica Barker
Duration
1h 30m
Country
Canada
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.
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Cast

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Lawrence Arcouette

Sœur Jeanne
Sophie Léger

Murielle
Jessica Barker

Banville
Vincent Bilodeau

Lazure
Normand D'Amour

Duplessis
Jacques-Henri Gagnon

Sœur Madeleine
Margot Campbell

Dame Mouchoir
Marie-France Marcotte

Mari de la Dame Mouchoir
Jacques Allard

Orphelin Jacques
Sacha Bourque

Docteur Blackburn
Claude Prégent

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