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on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Ten 50-minute episodes were broadcast from September 15, 2005 to November 17, 2005.

Synopsis

In 1993, Simon Pelletier is sentenced to

life in prison Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted people are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives or indefinitely until pardoned, paroled, or otherwise commuted to a fixed term. Crimes for ...

for murder. Protesting his innocence, he reaches the end of his tether after twelve years of prison and legal proceedings. He escapes, and with the help of Scorpion, an ex-convict, he kidnaps Lavigne, a police officer who took part in his conviction.

Cast

Patrick Huard Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969) is a Quebec-born Canadian actor, writer and comedian. Career Patrick Huard broke into the Quebec show business scene in 1989 as a comedian, actor and television personality. A hard-working multifaceted talen ...

as Simon Pelletier *Jacynthe René as Céline Desjardins *Louis Champagne as Scorpion *

Réal Bossé Réal Bossé is a Canadian actor from Quebec who performs mostly in francophone films and television. The son of farmers, Bossé grew up in Rivière-Bleue, Quebec. He won a Jutra Award in 2008 as Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting ...

as Marc Lavigne *Rosalie Julien as Nadine Théorêt *

Benoît Gouin Benoît Gouin (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-du-Lac, Quebec.Natalie Slight"Benoît Gouin: l’amitié, au coeur de son métier" ''7 Jours'', September 9, 2019. He is most noted as a two-time Jutra Award nominee for Best S ...

as Robert Duranleau *Marie Turgeon as Judith Castonguay *Mélanie Pilon as Liliane Lacroix *Nicolas Canuel as Raynald Jetté * Jean Harvey as François Perreault *Mélissa Flynn as Diane Piché *Jean Petitclerc as Daniel Bernier *Suzanne Garceau as Denise Desjardins * Évelyne Rompré as Julie Lavigne * Denis Bernard as Jean-Luc Therrien *Violette Chauveau as Lucille Therrien *Sophie Bourgeois as Anne Beauchamp *Bobby Beshro as Tomek Rudnicki *Pierre Chagnon as Maître Delorme

External links

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Official site
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Page at IMDb
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