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The Duplessis Orphans (1997)

Ended ★ 8.0/10 1 Season 2 Episodes 1h 30m Drama
Created By: Johanne Prégent
Network: ICI Radio-Canada Télé

Description

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.

Top Cast

Lawrence Arcouette
Lawrence Arcouette
Sophie Léger
Sophie Léger Sœur Jeanne
Jessica Barker
Jessica Barker Murielle
Vincent Bilodeau
Vincent Bilodeau Banville
Normand D'Amour
Normand D'Amour Lazure
Jacques-Henri Gagnon
Jacques-Henri Gagnon Duplessis
Margot Campbell
Margot Campbell Sœur Madeleine
Marie-France Marcotte
Marie-France Marcotte Dame Mouchoir
KEYWORDS: child abuse asylum orphanage orphan catholic school roman catholic church clergy

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