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The Plouffe Family
Overview
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Director and cast
- Gilles Carle Director
- Gabriel Arcand as Ovide Plouffe
- Pierre Curzi as Napoléon Plouffe
- Juliette Huot as Joséphine, la mère Plouffe
- Émile Genest as Théophile, le père Plouffe
- Serge Dupire as Guillaume Plouffe
- Rémi Laurent as Denis Boucher
- Anne Létourneau as Rita Toulouse
- Denise Filiatrault as Cécile
- Paul Berval as Onésime Ménard
- Louise Laparé as Jeanne Duplessis
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