Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut
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.
Cast: Jean-Pierre Masson, Andrée Champagne, Hector Charland
Season 1
6 episodes
- 1. L'assemblee PolitiqueNo synopsis available yet.CC27minOct 8, 1956
- 2. Les Photographies D'arthur BuiesNo synopsis available yet.CC25minMay 13, 1957
- 3. Rencontre orageuse entre Alexis et le grand WilliamNo synopsis available yet.CC26minJun 1, 1959
- 4. Alexis joue toujours a cache-cacheNo synopsis available yet.CC25minOct 5, 1959
- 5. Jour d'electionNo synopsis available yet.CC25minJan 18, 1960
- 6. La maison de l'exileNo synopsis available yet.CC25minOct 16, 1961
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Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut
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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Fernand Quirion
- Created by
- Louis-Yves Dubois, Claude-Henri Grignon
