The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near Sainte-Adèle. An unscrupulous man, Séraphin Poudrier, dominates the small community using his wealth. Mayor of the village, he will marry Donalda Laloge, after her father, unable to repay his debt, gives her to him in marriage. Donalda, a gentle and submissive woman who was promised to the handsome Alexis Labranche, rather, he will live his life according to the wishes of this petty and contemptuous miser, but will never let his situation get him down.
Cast
Pierre Lebeau
Séraphin Poudrier
Karine Vanasse
Donalda Laloge
Roy Dupuis
Alexis Labranche
Rémy Girard
Père Laloge
Robert Brouillette
Bidou Laloge
Céline Bonnier
Nanette
Benoît Brière
Jambe de Bois
Yves Jacques
Notaire Le Potiron
Anne-Marie Cadieux
Olympe Le Potiron
Pierrette Robitaille
Mme Malterre
Julien Poulin
Père Ovide
Normand Chouinard
Curé Raudin
Louise Portal
Delphine Lacoste
Marie Tifo
Délima Greenwood
Robert Lalonde
Docteur Cyprien
Catherine Trudeau
Simone
Marie-Michelle Garon
Arthémise
Luc Proulx
Hector Brochu
Reynald Bouchard
Nicolas Fournier
Sylvain Massé
Joe Lachaîne
Denys Chapdelaine
Louis Lemont
Amélie Richer
Marie-Ange Laloge
Gaston Caron
Luc Destreilles
Emmanuelle Jimenez
Julie Deschênes
Geneviève Laroche
Virginie
Luc Roy
Jules Pomerleau
François Benjamin
Prêtre aux funérailles
Marc Hébert
Richard Bossé
Maxime Dumontier
Jeune Séraphin - 11 ans
Josée Martin
Mère de Séraphin
Jules Charbonneau
Monsieur Prout-Prout
Samuel Benjamin
Enfant Brochu #1
Florence Benjamin
Enfant Brochu #2
Isabelle Bilodeau
Bébé Brochu
Christian Baril
Bastien Brochu
Élie Benjamin
Enfant de choeur
Richard Lemire
Bucheron #1
Luc Bergeron
Bucheron #2
Jacinthe Potvin
Marie-Louise Brochu
Claire Jacques
Paysanne Corpulente
Dominic Moras
Matthieu Fournier
Marc Bernard
Ami d'Alexis
Crew
Charles Binamé
Director, Writer
Lorraine Richard
Writer, Producer
Pierre Billon
Writer
Antonine Maillet
Writer
Claude-Henri Grignon
Novel
Michel Arcand
Editor
Jean Lépine
Director of Photography
Marc Larose
Assistant Director
Diane Boucher
Production Design
Lucie Robitaille
Casting
Michèle Hamel
Costume Design
Hans Peter Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Patrick Rousseau
Sound
Claude Beaugrand
Sound
Michel Cusson
Original Music Composer
Josée Pilon
Set Decoration
Ronald Fauteux
Art Direction
Jean Bécotte
Art Direction
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