The Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets

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1978
1h 30m
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Overview

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.

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CBC
ONF | NFB

Cast & Crew

6 members
Acting

Annette Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

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Cécile Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

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Émilie Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

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Marie Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

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Yvonne Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

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Pierre Berton

Narrator

Pierre Berton

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