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08/10/1956 Drama 1h 0m
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Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1956 to 1970. One of the longest-running programs in the history of Canadian television, the series produced 81 episodes during its 14-year run and was one of the first influential téléromans. Written by Claude-Henri Grignon as an adaptation of his 1933 novel Un Homme et son péché and initially set in the 1880s, the series starred Jean-Pierre Masson as Séraphin Poudrier, the wealthy but miserly mayor of the village of Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, and Andrée Champagne as Donalda Laloge-Poudrier, the young daughter of a village resident who is given in marriage to Séraphin as payment for a family debt even though she remains in love with her suitor Alexis Labranche.

Top billed cast

  1. Jean-Pierre Masson

    Séraphin Poudrier

  2. Andrée Champagne

    Donalda Laloge

  3. Hector Charland

    Evangeliste Poudrier

  4. Gabriel Gascon

    Alexis Labranche

  5. Andrée Basilières

    Angelique Pothier

  6. Roland Chenail

    Dr. Cyprien Marignon

  7. Paul Desmarteaux

    le Cure Labelle

  8. Paul Dupuis

    Arthur Buies

  9. Pierre Boucher

    Honore Mercier

  10. View more

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Season 1

1956 | 6 Episodes

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Status
Ended

Original Language
French

Original Name
Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut

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