Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe (1984)
August 29, 1984Release Date
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe (1984)
August 29, 1984Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Gabriel Arcand
Ovide Plouffe
Anne Létourneau
Rita Plouffe
Donald Pilon
Stan Labrie
Rémy Girard
Annonceur de la radio
Pierre Curzi
Napoléon Plouffe
Jean Carmet
Pacifique Berthet
Yves Jacques
Bob
Ginette Boivin
Maryse
Dominique Michel
L'agent de voyage
Serge Dupire
Guillaume Plouffe
Louise Laparé
Jeanne Plouffe
Louise Laparé
Jeanne Plouffe
Nathalie Vachon
Arlette Plouffe
Julien Poulin
Voyou du cabaret
Normand Choquette
Representant de commerce
Jean Martin
Sculpteur
Claude Laroche
Vendeur de dynamite
Alain Zouvi
Agent d'aéroport
Jean Claudio
Consul de France
Alain Charbonneau
Commissaire de bord
Véronique Jannot
Marie
Luc Proulx
Prisonnier
Claude Lemieux
Prisonnier
Bernard Meney
Philippe d'Ormesson
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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 film directed by Denys Arcand which was released to theatres in 1984, and a six-hour television miniseries which aired in 1986, with four hours directed by Gilles Carle leading into the Arcand film as the final two hours.The series was an adaptation of Roger Lemelin's 1982 novel, Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe, a sequel to his influential 1948 novel Les Plouffe. The original novel had been adapted by Carle as the 1981 film The Plouffe Family, and many of the same actors from the 1981 film reprised their roles in The Crime. The cast included Gabriel Arcand, Anne Létourneau, Donald Pilon, Serge Dupire, Dominique Michel, Rémy Girard, Julien Poulin, and Pierre Curzi.
The theatrical film depicted the criminal trial of Ovide Plouffe after he is falsely accused of murdering his wife Rita (Létourneau), while the television-only episodes told the story leading up to Rita's death.The series aired in French on Télévision de Radio-Canada, and in English on CBC Television, in 1986. The French airing retained the film's title Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe, while the English airing of the series was retitled from The Crime of Ovide Plouffe to Murder in the Family.