The Dionne Quintuplets

In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

90 min

Cast:

Annette Dionne, Cécile Dionne, Émilie Dionne

Quality:

HD

Director:

Donald Brittain

Release:

1978

Country:

Canada

Rating:

7.0