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