Synopsis
The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near Sainte-Adèle. An unscrupulous man, Séraphin Poudrier, dominates the small community using his wealth. Mayor of the village, he will marry Donalda Laloge, after her father, unable to repay his debt, gives her to him in marriage. Donalda, a gentle and submissive woman who was promised to the handsome Alexis Labranche, rather, he will live his life according to the wishes of this petty and contemptuous miser, but will never let his situation get him down.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles BinaméDirector
- Lorraine RichardWriter
- Michel CussonOriginal Music Composer
- Pierre BillonWriter
- Charles BinaméWriter
- Antonine MailletWriter
Cast
- Pierre LebeauSéraphin Poudrier
- Karine VanasseDonalda Laloge
- Roy DupuisAlexis Labranche
- Rémy GirardPère Laloge
- Robert BrouilletteBidou Laloge
- Céline BonnierNanette
- Benoît BrièreJambe de Bois
- Yves JacquesNotaire Le Potiron
- Anne-Marie CadieuxOlympe Le Potiron
- Pierrette RobitailleMme Malterre
- Julien PoulinPère Ovide
- Normand ChouinardCuré Raudin
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Themes
small townbased on novel or bookgreedquebec19th centuryrural