The Duplessis Orphans
16/03/1997
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.
TV Show Information
Lawrence Arcouette
as
Sophie Léger
as Sœur Jeanne
Jessica Barker
as Murielle
Vincent Bilodeau
as Banville
Normand D'Amour
as Lazure
Jacques-Henri Gagnon
as Duplessis
Margot Campbell
as Sœur Madeleine
Marie-France Marcotte
as Dame Mouchoir
Jacques Allard
as Mari de la Dame Mouchoir
Sacha Bourque
as Orphelin Jacques
Claude Prégent
as Docteur Blackburn
Gary Boudreault
as Docteur Bourgault
Stéphane Jacques
as Frère Martineau
Chantal Monfils
as Monique Gagné
Jocelyn Desjarlais
as Journaliste #2
Nicolas Bouthillette
as Garçon Gagné
Michel Bonneau
as Fermier
Patrick St-Cyr
as Orphelin Marc
Michel Thériault
as Gagné
Jean-René Ouellet
as Cardinal
Victor Soumis
as Orphelin Pierre
Kevin Dupuis
as Orphelin Jean
Linda Sauvé
as Sœur Crèche #1
Josée Martin
as Sœur Crèche #2
Jacinthe Potvin
as Fermière
Benoît Paiement
as Journaliste #1
Isabelle Pelletier
as Sainte-Vierge
Marie-Anne Larochelle
as Fille Gagné
Lucille Bélair
as Religieuse archevêché
Léa-Marie Cantin
as Sœur Ste-Ursule
Alexandre Mérineau
as Orphelin Michel
Josée Rivard
as Étudiante
Anthony Etesonne-Bédard
as Guillaume
Mathieu Labrie
as Patrick
