STORY
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 & CREW
- Annette Dionne
- Cécile Dionne
- Émilie Dionne
- Marie Dionne
- Yvonne Dionne
Cast
- Donald Brittain
Director
INFORMATION
- CBC
- ONF | NFB
Production Companies
- Canada
Production Countries
LANGUAGES