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2007 > SOUND RECORDING > Les Filles de Caleb
© 2007 Sylvain Légaré
Les Filles de Caleb (1990-91)
Broadcast in 1990-91 on Radio-Canada, "Les Filles de Caleb" was one of the most successful television series ever shown in Quebec; over three million viewers tuned into the twenty episodes of the miniseries. It was later shown in more than fifty other countries. In 1991, it won twelve Gémeaux awards, including Best Actor (Dupuis) and Best Actress (Orsini), Best Writing (Fernand Dansereau) and Best Director (Jean Beaudin).
Based on the novel by Arlette Costure, the miniseries, set at the turn of the twentieth century, depicted the lives of the Catholic family of father Caleb (Germain Houde) and mother Célina (Johanne-Marie Tremblay) Bordeleau; their fairly traditional rural existence is disrupted by the eldest daughter Émilie (Marina Orsini)'s determination to pursue her own path in life. Leaving the family to become a teacher to students not much older than herself, she finds herself falling in love with one of her older students, Oliva Provonost (Roy Dupuis), moving to Montréal, and facing a whole new set of challenges.
Credits:
Producer: Lorraine Richard
Director: Jean Beaudin
Writer: Fernand Dansereau (Based on the novel by Arlette Cousture)
Creator: Susan Marcus
Holdings:
Cité-Amérique
Distributor:
Broadcast by CBC/Radio-Canada.
Availability:
Release on DVD in 2006 by DEP. Available nationwide.
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