The Duplessis Orphans

The story

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 seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1997 · 2 episodes Season details＋

March 16, 1997

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Cast

L Lawrence Arcouette S Sophie LégerSœur Jeanne J Jessica BarkerMurielle V Vincent BilodeauBanville N Normand D'AmourLazure J Jacques-Henri GagnonDuplessis M Margot CampbellSœur Madeleine M Marie-France MarcotteDame Mouchoir J Jacques AllardMari de la Dame Mouchoir S Sacha BourqueOrphelin Jacques C Claude PrégentDocteur Blackburn G Gary BoudreaultDocteur Bourgault

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S Stéphane JacquesFrère Martineau C Chantal MonfilsMonique Gagné J Jocelyn DesjarlaisJournaliste #2 N Nicolas BouthilletteGarçon Gagné M Michel BonneauFermier P Patrick St-CyrOrphelin Marc M Michel ThériaultGagné J Jean-René OuelletCardinal V Victor SoumisOrphelin Pierre K Kevin DupuisOrphelin Jean L Linda SauvéSœur Crèche #1 J Josée MartinSœur Crèche #2 J Jacinthe PotvinFermière B Benoît PaiementJournaliste #1 I Isabelle PelletierSainte-Vierge M Marie-Anne LarochelleFille Gagné L Lucille BélairReligieuse archevêché L Léa-Marie CantinSœur Ste-Ursule A Alexandre MérineauOrphelin Michel J Josée RivardÉtudiante A Anthony Etesonne-BédardGuillaume M Mathieu LabriePatrick