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Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making - Season 1

This three-hour prequel to the 2002 miniseries, "Trudeau", chronicles the coming of age of Canada's 15th Prime Minister and the forces that shaped his brilliant mind and fierce political will. Fatherless at 14, a thorn in the side of his Jesuit professors, the young Pierre Elliott Trudeau chafed under the suffocating pressures of the very conservative Quebec of the '30s and '40s. Iconoclast, gadfly, a restless traveler and ladies' man, he helped plant the seeds for Quebec's Quiet Revolution by challenging all of its sacred cows—including the Catholic Church and the autocratic premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis.

Top Cast

  • Tobie Pelletier

    Tobie Pelletier

    Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1938–1944)

  • Karl Pruner

    Karl Pruner

    Frank Scott

  • Marcel Sabourin

    Marcel Sabourin

    Maurice Duplessis

  • Patrick Labbé

    Patrick Labbé

    Jean Marchand

  • Denis Bernard

    Denis Bernard

    Charlie Trudeau

  • Eric Peterson

    Eric Peterson

    Tommy Douglas

  • Diana Leblanc

    Diana Leblanc

    Grace Elliott Trudeau

  • Marie-Christine Labelle

    Marie-Christine Labelle

    Anne Hébert

  • Gary Levert

    Gary Levert

    Gerrard Pelletier

Overview

This three-hour prequel to the 2002 miniseries, "Trudeau", chronicles the coming of age of Canada's 15th Prime Minister and the forces that shaped his brilliant mind and fierce political will. Fatherless at 14, a thorn in the side of his Jesuit professors, the young Pierre Elliott Trudeau chafed under the suffocating pressures of the very conservative Quebec of the '30s and '40s. Iconoclast, gadfly, a restless traveler and ladies' man, he helped plant the seeds for Quebec's Quiet Revolution by challenging all of its sacred cows—including the Catholic Church and the autocratic premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis.

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