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The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)

1h 30m | PG-13

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In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.

Director: Donald Brittain

Studio: CBC

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Annette Dionne

Annette Dionne

as Self (Archive Footage)

Cécile Dionne

Cécile Dionne

as Self (Archive Footage)

Émilie Dionne

Émilie Dionne

as Self (Archive Footage)

Marie Dionne

Marie Dionne

as Self (Archive Footage)

Yvonne Dionne

Yvonne Dionne

as Self (Archive Footage)

Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton

as Narrator