The Dionne Quintuplets

1978Directed by Donald Brittain

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Released: November 19, 1978
Runtime: 1h 30m

About The Dionne Quintuplets

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Director: Donald Brittain

Principal cast

In billing order

Annette DionneSelf (Archive Footage)
Cécile DionneSelf (Archive Footage)
Émilie DionneSelf (Archive Footage)
Marie DionneSelf (Archive Footage)
Yvonne DionneSelf (Archive Footage)
Pierre BertonNarrator

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