Series · Drama
Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut (1956)
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.
- Creator
- Louis-Yves Dubois, Claude-Henri Grignon
- Writers
- Claude-Henri Grignon
- Network
- ICI Radio-Canada Télé
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- French
- First aired
- October 8, 1956
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Jean-Pierre MassonSéraphin Poudrier- Andrée ChampagneDonalda Laloge
Hector CharlandEvangeliste Poudrier
Gabriel GasconAlexis Labranche- Andrée BasilièresAngelique Pothier
- Roland ChenailDr. Cyprien Marignon
Paul Desmarteauxle Cure Labelle
Paul DupuisArthur Buies- Pierre BoucherHonore Mercier
Episodes
0/6 watched- Episode 1: L'assemblee Politique27 min · Oct 8, 1956
- Episode 2: Les Photographies D'arthur Buies25 min · May 13, 1957
- Episode 3: Rencontre orageuse entre Alexis et le grand William26 min · Jun 1, 1959
- Episode 4: Alexis joue toujours a cache-cache25 min · Oct 5, 1959
- Episode 5: Jour d'election25 min · Jan 18, 1960
- Episode 6: La maison de l'exile25 min · Oct 16, 1961
