The Dionne Quintuplets

Nov 19, 1978 1h 30m
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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Crew
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Status
Released
Production Countries
Canada
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Cast

Annette Dionne
Self (Archive Footage)
Cécile Dionne
Self (Archive Footage)
Émilie Dionne
Self (Archive Footage)
Marie Dionne
Self (Archive Footage)
Yvonne Dionne
Self (Archive Footage)
Pierre Berton
Narrator
Cast
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