"Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire" (2008) TV series

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

8 January 2008 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

On April 1st, 1986, Jean-Guy Lavigueur, an unemployed blue-collar worker and his family won 7.6 million dollars...

Plot Keywords:

Nouveau Riche | Poverty | Rebellious Daughter | Rags To Riches | 1980s

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Pierre Verville	...	Jean-Guy Lavigueur (6 episodes, 2008)
Patrice Bélanger	...	Yve Lavigueur (6 episodes, 2008)
Sophie Cadieux	...	Sylvie Lavigueur (6 episodes, 2008)
Laurence Leboeuf	...	Louise Lavigueur (6 episodes, 2008)
Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu	...	Michel Lavigueur (6 episodes, 2008)
Louis Champagne	...	Jean-Marie Daudelin, l'oncle souris (6 episodes, 2008)
David Savard	...	Johnny (6 episodes, 2008)
Marc Beaupré	...	Ti-Mi (6 episodes, 2008)
Jean-François Gaudet	...	Gaétan Richard (6 episodes, 2008)
Mireille Thibault	...	Colette Richard (6 episodes, 2008)
Nicolas Canuel	...	Sylvain Gamache (5 episodes, 2008)
Roc LaFortune	...	Frank Lemieux (5 episodes, 2008)
Denis Bernard	...	Maître Provencher (5 episodes, 2008)
Olivier Aubin	...	Maître François Léonard (5 episodes, 2008)
Christian Grenier	...	Roch (5 episodes, 2008)
Monelle Guertin	...	Mariette (5 episodes, 2008)
Antoine Mongrain	...	Pete (5 episodes, 2008)
Amélie Simard	...	Monique (5 episodes, 2008)
Brian D. Wright	...	Bill McIntyre (5 episodes, 2008)
Amélie Grenier	...	Micheline Daudelin Lavigueur (3 episodes, 2008)

Also Known As:

"La famille Lavigueur" (Canada: French title) (working title)
"Les Lavigueur" (Canada: French title) (short title)
"Windfall and Misfortunes" (International: English title)

Runtime:

Canada:60 min (6 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Company:

Locomotion Télévision

Trivia:

Based on the true story of the Lavigueur family in Quebec who, in 1986, won the first multi-million lottery jackpot in Canadian history.