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The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)
Directed by Donald Brittain
Documentary · 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.
Cast
Pierre Berton
Crew
- Director
- Donald Brittain
Details
- Release date
- 1978-11-19
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- CBC, ONF | NFB