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Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut - Season 1

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 Cast

  • Jean-Pierre Masson

    Jean-Pierre Masson

    Séraphin Poudrier

  • Andrée Champagne

    Andrée Champagne

    Donalda Laloge

  • Hector Charland

    Hector Charland

    Evangeliste Poudrier

  • Gabriel Gascon

    Gabriel Gascon

    Alexis Labranche

  • Andrée Basilières

    Andrée Basilières

    Angelique Pothier

  • Roland Chenail

    Roland Chenail

    Dr. Cyprien Marignon

  • Paul Desmarteaux

    Paul Desmarteaux

    le Cure Labelle

  • Paul Dupuis

    Paul Dupuis

    Arthur Buies

  • Pierre Boucher

    Pierre Boucher

    Honore Mercier

Overview

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.

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