La Petite Patrie

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La Petite Patrie is a French Canadian media franchise about coming of age in Montreal, Quebec in the 1940s.

The title and premise are shared by three works: A novel by Claude Jasmin loosely based on his own adolescence and published in 1972, a television situation comedy series broadcast on the national Radio-Canada network from 1974 to 1976, [1] and a graphic novel with story by Claude Jasmin, script by Normand Grégoire, and illustrations by Julie Rocheleau, published in 2015. [2]

The municipal borough in which it the story is set, Rosemont, was officially renamed Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie in honour of the series. [3] The series was reaired in 2023 on Ici ARTV. [3]

La Petite Patrie tells the life of a district of Montreal (Villeray) formed by the quadrilateral of the streets Saint-Denis, Beaubien, St-Hubert and Bélanger shortly after World War II, between 1946 and 1948.

The main character and narrator of the television series is Clément Germain, a 16 year old teenager who lived in this district with his family. Through the memories of Clément, viewers discovered this neighborhood during the years of Duplessis; with its trams, its ice deliverymen, its guénillou and its anglophone Chinese launderer among others. At that time, bread cost 11 cents, Maurice Richard was at the peak of his glory and the Rivoli theatre had not yet been replaced by a Jean-Coutu.

Television series cast

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References

  1. "La petite patrie". History of Canadian Broadcasting. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. Maalouf, Laila (15 November 2015). "La Petite Patrie: inspirant Claude Jasmin". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts- (12 October 2021). "La série La petite patrie de nouveau diffusée sur ICI ARTV | Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 29 August 2023.