The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)

Documentary

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.

8.7
  • Release Date: 1978-11-19
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Donald Brittain

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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

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