The Plouffe Family (1981)
Les Plouffe
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
- Date of release
- 1981-04-07
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 4h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Gilles Carle
Casting
- Gabriel Arcand — Ovide Plouffe
- Pierre Curzi — Napoléon Plouffe
- Juliette Huot — Joséphine, la mère Plouffe
- Émile Genest — Théophile, le père Plouffe
- Serge Dupire — Guillaume Plouffe
- Rémi Laurent — Denis Boucher
- Anne Létourneau — Rita Toulouse
- Denise Filiatrault — Cécile
- Paul Berval — Onésime Ménard
- Louise Laparé — Jeanne Duplessis
- Gérard Poirier — Curé Folbêche
- Stéphane Audran — Mme Boucher
Interesting facts
- Based on: Les Plouffe
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Plouffe Family is a 1981 Canadian drama film, based on Roger Lemelin's novel about the titular Plouffe family, set during World War II. The film was Canada's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981, but was not shortlisted as a nominee for the award.
Production
Roger Lemelin was paid $250,000 to write the script. The film was shot from 19 August to 5 December 1980, on a budget of $4.8 million (equivalent to $17,912,727 in 2025) with $250,000 coming from the SDICC.
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