{{Italic title ''Chambres en ville'' (Rooms in town) was a Québécois

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written by

Sylvie Payette Sylvie may refer to: * ''Sylvie'' (novel), an 1853 novel by Gérard de Nerval * Sylvie (actress) (1883–1970), French actress * Sylvie (band), a Canadian rock band from Regina, active in the 2000s * ''Sylvie'' (album), a 1962 album by Sylvie ...

that aired on

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from 1989 to 1996.

Plot

This is the story of flatmates living in a

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. Louise is one of the central character in this series along with Rodrigue "Pete" Béliveau. Louise welcomes students into her residence and ends up taking on different roles for her guests: a mother, nurse, listener, psychologist, and probation agent among others. The students develop a close relationship with her and most of them keep coming back each year. Even after they depart, Louise is always available for them. Through different students' experiences, we are witness to all sorts of wild and turbulent events. Some of the subjects raised include; wars between roommates,

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(often during action), sickness (

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) and

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, all of which make for an interesting

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(téléroman).

Cast

Francis Reddy Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie298 ...

: Rodrigue "Pete" Béliveau * Vincent Graton : Gabriel Lévesque *

Pascale Bussières Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include ''Sonatine (1984 film), Sonatine'' (1984), ''Eldorado (1995 film), Eldorado'' (1995), ''When Night Is Falling'' (1995), ''August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août s ...

: Marie Vincent *

Michel Charette Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

: Samuel *

Gregory Charles Gregory Charles (born February 12, 1968) is a Canadian performing artist of Trinidadian origin. Biography Charles' father Lennox was a black anglophone of Trinidadian origin; his mother was a white francophone Canadian. Charles was born in Mo ...

: Julien Philippe *

Marie-Josée Croze Marie-Josée Croze (; born February 23, 1970) is a Canadian actress. She also holds French nationality, which she obtained in December 2012. Early life Croze was born in Montreal, Quebec, was adopted, and grew up in Longueuil with four other c ...

: Noémie Vanasse * Isabelle Cyr : Hélène Cyr * Louise Deschâtelets : Louise Leblanc *

Julie Deslauriers Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...

: Caroline Béliveau *

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: Simon Campbell * Daniel Dô : Jean Phan *

Anne Dorval Anne Dorval (; born November 8, 1960) is a French Canadian television, stage, and film actress. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in five of his films, '' I Killed My Mother'' (2009), '' Heartbeats'' (2010), '' La ...

: Lise «Lola» Corbeil * Jean-Emery Gagnon : Fred Côté * René Gagnon : Benoit * Claude Gauthier : Charles Moreau * Abeille Gélinas : Moon Shadow *

Patrick Labbé Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...

: Olivier * Gilbert Lachance : Marc-André Dumoulin * Jean-Marie Lapointe : Nicolas Chaumet *

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: Caroline Béliveau * Danielle Leduc : Vanessa Hashley *

Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge (born February 28, 1976) is a Canadian actor and film producer best known for major roles in Quebec films ''Nitro'' and ''The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)'' in 2007. Profile After participating in a first comme ...

: Corneille *

Francine Morand :''This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.'' Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques, 2003), and was well used i ...

: Jeannine Gervais *

Cédric Noël Cedric () is a given name invented by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel ''Ivanhoe''. Etymology The invented name is based on ''Cerdic'', the name of a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon king (itself from Brittonic '' Coroticus''). Popularity The name was ...

: Étienne Dumas * Widemir Normil : Georges Magloire * Patricia Paquin : Geneviève Lacoste *

Anik Pauzé Anik may refer to: * Anik (satellite), satellites launched by Canadian telecommunications company Telesat * Anik, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Anik Mountain * Anik Bissonnette, a Canadian ballet dancer * Anik Jean (born 1977) ...

: Fanny *

Marcia Pilote Marcia may refer to: People * Marcia (given name) *James Marcia, Canadian psychologist *Stefano Marcia (born 1993), South African Olympic sailor *Marcia (wife of Cato), wife of Cato the Younger Other uses * ''Marcia'' (Beccafumi), a c. 1519 pain ...

: Josiane Martineau * Nathalie Rose : Alexandra Capuano * Jasmin Roy : Mathias Bélanger * Caroline St-Onge : Chloé Asselin *

Marie-Jo Thério Marie-Jo Thério (born July 3, 1965, in Shediac, New Brunswick) is a Canadian actress and musician.Marie-Soleil Tougas Marie-Soleil Tougas (May 3, 1970 – August 10, 1997) was an actress and TV host based in Quebec, Canada. Biography Television career She began her career as a teenager in the role of Zoe in the soap opera ''Peau de banane'', then continued ...

: Roxanne * Christophe Truffert : Arnaud * Valérie Valois : Annick Senneville * Stéphane Demers : Denis Lapierre

Production

* Written by

* Filmed by

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(season 1), Marlène Lemire (seasons 2-7)

Episodes

* Season 1 = (32 Episodes of 20 to 25 minutes) * Season 2 = (26 Episodes of 40 to 45 minutes) * Season 3 = (26 Episodes of 40 to 45 minutes) * Season 4 = (26 Episodes of 40 to 45 minutes) * Season 5 = (26 Episodes of 40 to 45 minutes) * Season 6 = (26 Episodes of 40 to 45 minutes) * Season 7 = (26 Episodes of 40 to 45 minutes) TVA (Canadian TV network) original programming Téléromans 1989 Canadian television series debuts 1996 Canadian television series endings 1980s Canadian drama television series 1990s Canadian drama television series Television shows set in Montreal Television shows filmed in Montreal