''The Plouffe Family'' (french: Les Plouffe) is a 1981 Canadian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
, based on
Roger Lemelin
Roger Lemelin, (April 7, 1919 – March 16, 1992) was a Quebec novelist, television writer and essayist.
Biography
Lemelin was born in Quebec City. From 1944 to 1952, he was a Canadian correspondent for the American magazines ''Time'' and ...
's novel about the titular Plouffe family, set during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
"Plouffe, Les – Film de Gilles Carle"
''Films du Québec'', March 9, 2009. The film was Canada's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
in 1981, but was not shortlisted as a nominee for the award.
See also
* ''La famille Plouffe
''La famille Plouffe'' was a Canadian television drama, more specifically a téléroman, about a Quebec City family that first aired in the French language on Société Radio-Canada in 1953. The show was created to fill a void in francophone telev ...
'' television series aired in the 1950s
* ''The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
''The Crime of Ovide Plouffe'' (french: Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe), also known as ''Murder in the Family'' in its television run, is a Canadian film and television miniseries from Quebec. The project consisted of two parts: a two-hour theatrical fil ...
'' 1984 film and 1986 miniseries
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References
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1981 films
1981 drama films
Films based on Canadian novels
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Gilles Carle
Films set in Quebec City
French-language Canadian films
Canadian drama films
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