Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut (1956)
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.
Details
- Type
- TV Show
- Original title
- Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut
- Released
- 1956-10-08
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Status
- Ended
- Director
- Fernand Quirion
- Country
- Canada
- Quality
- HD
- Production
- Société Radio-Canada
- Network
- ICI Radio-Canada Télé
- Language
- French
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
