''La Petite Patrie'' () is a

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media franchise about

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in the

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. 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

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broadcast on the national

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network from 1974 to 1976, and a graphic novel with story by Claude Jasmin, script by Normand Grégoire, and illustrations by Julie Rocheleau, published in 2015. The municipal borough in which it the story is set, Rosemont, was officially renamed

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie () is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located centre-east of the island. Geography The borough is bordered to the northwest by Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, ...

in honour of the series. The series was reaired in 2023 on

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. ''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

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, 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 At that time, bread cost 11 cents, Maurice Richard was at the peak of his glory and the Rivoli theatre had not yet been replaced by a Jean-Coutu Pharmacy.

Television series cast

* Vincent Bilodeau (Clément Germain) * René Caron (Léon Germain ) * Mariette Duval (Madame Laramée) * Janine Fluet (Paulette) *

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(Roland Patry) *

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(Edmond Germain) * Louise Laparé (Lucie Germain) * Gaston Lepage (Édouard Germain) * Robert Maltais (Yvon Ranger) *

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(Murielle Germain) *

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(Monsieur Gloutnez) *

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(Aline) *

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(Marie-Paule Germain) *

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(Gertrude Germain) *

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(Coco-la-guerre) *

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(Hervé Prud'Homme)

References

1972 Canadian novels Autobiographical novels Novels set in the 1940s 2015 graphic novels Canadian graphic novels Autobiographical graphic novels 1970s Canadian sitcoms Television shows set in Montreal Television series set in the 1940s Coming-of-age television shows Television shows based on Canadian novels Canadian novels adapted into television shows 1974 Canadian television series debuts 1976 Canadian television series endings Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming Graphic novels set in the 1940s Graphic novels set in Canada {{quebec-stub