La Petite Patrie
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La Petite patrie was a French Canadian
television programme from Quebec
. It was broadcast between 1974 and 1976.
This television serial of Claude Jasmin told the life of a district of Montreal formed by the quadrilateral of the streets Saint-Denis, Beaubien, St-Hubert and Bélanger the shortly after the war.
The main character and narrator of this television serial was Clément Germain, adolescent of 17 years who lived in this district with his family. Through the memories of Clément, viewers discovered this neighborhood during the years of Duplessis; with its trams, its ice deliverymen, its guénillou and its anglophone Chinese launderer among others. At that time, bread cost 5 cents, Maurice Richard was at the peak of his glory and the Rivoli theatre had not yet been replaced by a Jean-Coutu.
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
television programme from Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. It was broadcast between 1974 and 1976.
This television serial of Claude Jasmin told the life of a district of Montreal formed by the quadrilateral of the streets Saint-Denis, Beaubien, St-Hubert and Bélanger the shortly after the war.
The main character and narrator of this television serial was Clément Germain, adolescent of 17 years who lived in this district with his family. Through the memories of Clément, viewers discovered this neighborhood during the years of Duplessis; with its trams, its ice deliverymen, its guénillou and its anglophone Chinese launderer among others. At that time, bread cost 5 cents, Maurice Richard was at the peak of his glory and the Rivoli theatre had not yet been replaced by a Jean-Coutu.
Cast
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, (Clément Germain) - René Caron
- Mariette Duval, (Madame Laramée)
- Janine Fluet
- Michel ForgetMichel Forget-Background:Forget had a long acting career in which he participated in several films and television series and which were popular among the general public across the province.In 1986, Michel Forget drove a boat from Paris-Montreal...
, (Roland) - Jacques Galipeau, (Edmond Germain)
- Louise Laparé, (Lucie Germain)
- Gaston Lepage
- Robert Maltais, (Yvon)
- Christiane Pasquier, (Murielle Germain)
- Gilles Pellerin, (Monsieur Gloutnez)
- Denise Proulx
- Louise Rinfret, (Marie-Paule Germain)
- Gisèle Schmidt, (Gertrude Germain)
- Yvon Thiboutot, (Coco-la-guerre)
- Jacques Thisdale, (Hervé Prud'Homme)