The Plouffe Family
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
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
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
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