Format: NTSC

Release Date: 21-09-2009

Details: Amazon.ca A true classic of Quebec popular culture, Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut have inspired numerous creators since they first appeared in Claude-Henri Grignon's 1933 novel. Having spawned a radio serial and three film adaptations, it is perhaps on television, however, that these Belles Histoires found their greatest resonance. In the village of Ste-Adèle, in the Laurentians, in 1890, at the height of the colonization of northern Quebec, mayor Séraphin Poudrier (Jean-Pierre Masson) forces the beautiful Donalda (Andrée Champagne)—who is in love with the young and vigorous Alexis (Gabriel Gascon)—to marry him. It is around this romantic framework that Les Belles Histoires recounted the daily life of the village and gave birth to endearing and now-mythical characters: Father Labelle (Paul Desmarteaux), Father Ovide (Pierre Daigneault), and, of course, Séraphin the miser. Aired from 1957 to 1970, the series' 495 episodes certainly left a deeper mark than any other on the Quebec collective unconscious. A selection of thirty-nine episodes (in color and black and white) is now offered in two sets of five DVDs each. The first features some 75 minutes of previously unreleased scenes titled Les Péchés capitaux, and the second 90 minutes titled Humour, amour et rendez-vous. A great opportunity to reconnect with your memories or learn a little more about one of the pillars of the Quebec psyche. -- Helen Faradji

UPC: 069458118538

EAN: 0069458118538

Languages: french

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: New