The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets 1978 Directed by Donald Brittain

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.

Country USA

Production Country Canada

Language English

Gnere Documentary

Production Companies ONF | NFB , CBC

Release Date 19 November 1978

90 mins