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The Duplessis Orphans

The Duplessis Orphans

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.0
The Duplessis Orphans

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.

Episodes

Episode 1EP 1Available

Episode 1

90m0.0

No description available.

Episode 2EP 2Available

Episode 2

90m0.0

No description available.

Cast

Lawrence Arcouette

Unknown Role

Lawrence Arcouette

Sophie Léger

Sœur Jeanne

Sophie Léger

Jessica Barker

Murielle

Jessica Barker

Vincent Bilodeau

Banville

Vincent Bilodeau

Normand D'Amour

Lazure

Normand D'Amour

Jacques-Henri Gagnon

Duplessis

Jacques-Henri Gagnon

Margot Campbell

Sœur Madeleine

Margot Campbell

Marie-France Marcotte

Dame Mouchoir

Marie-France Marcotte

Jacques Allard

Mari de la Dame Mouchoir

Jacques Allard

Sacha Bourque

Orphelin Jacques

Sacha Bourque

Claude Prégent

Docteur Blackburn

Claude Prégent

Gary Boudreault

Docteur Bourgault

Gary Boudreault

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