The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)
The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)
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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Annette Dionne Annette Dionne As: Self (Archive Footage)
Cécile Dionne Cécile Dionne As: Self (Archive Footage)
Émilie Dionne Émilie Dionne As: Self (Archive Footage)
Marie Dionne Marie Dionne As: Self (Archive Footage)
Yvonne Dionne Yvonne Dionne As: Self (Archive Footage)
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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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Genres: Documentary

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Release Date: 19 November 1978

Country: CA

Runtime: 90m

Company Credits

Company: CBC, ONF | NFB

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Cast

Annette Dionne

Annette Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

Cécile Dionne

Cécile Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

Émilie Dionne

Émilie Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

Marie Dionne

Marie Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

Yvonne Dionne

Yvonne Dionne

Self (Archive Footage)

Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton

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