Virginie is a French-language Canadian television series that aired Monday through Thursday on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC television network). It debuted in 1996. The show examined the public and private lives of teachers, students, and families at the fictional Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc high school. It frequently dealt with controversial social topics, such as teen drug use, ethnic prejudice, divorce, and other subjects touching on contemporary Quebec life. "Virginie" was a téléroman-style drama that often used "cliffhangers" in the storylines. It aired 120 episodes per year of 30 minutes each.[1]
| Virginie | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Fabienne Larouche |
| Starring | Chantal Fontaine (1996–2008) Stéphanie Crête-Blais (2007–2010) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
| No. of episodes | 1,740 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Montreal |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Aetios Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Radio-Canada |
| Release | September 16, 1996 – December 16, 2010 |
The series was produced and largely written by Fabienne Larouche. Virginie ended in December 2010 after 15 years on air; the last episode aired on December 15, 2010. The final episode drew more than 807,000 viewers in Quebec, or about 200,000 more than its average viewership for a typical episode. The program maintained a high level of popularity throughout its television run.[2]
Current main characters
edit- Virginie Charest (Stéphanie Crête-Blais, 2007–2010) is a physical education teacher at the school.
- Frédéric Perreault (Maxime Denommée), boyfriend of Virginie Charest, is a member of the Royal 22e Régiment and currently based in Afghanistan. The 2009 season finale cliffhanger suggested that the character died on duty.
- Stéphane Lessieur (Peter Miller), former boyfriend of Virginie Boivin and father of her two children. He is currently a police officer with the Sûreté du Québec. He dated the sexologist of the school, Veronique. He is now dating Virginie Charest
- Bernard Paré (Jean L'Italien)
- Pierre Lacaille (JiCi Lauzon)
- Hercule Bellehumeur (Martin Larocque) He is an overweight gym teacher. He is dating Agathe, who is also a gym teacher. Hercule is always on a diet...but loves food and eating too much to resist!
- Péneloppe Belhumeur (Sonia Vachon) She was a teacher at Ste-Jeanne D'arc. She is the sister of Hercule Belhummeur, the gym teacher. She used to date Lacaille, and had a child with him.
- Hugo Lacasse (played by Patrice Bissonnette before the 2002 season, then by Fabien Dupuis)
- Michel Rivest (Marcel Leboeuf)
- Ghislaine Cormier (Louise Deschâtelets)
- Monique Rivest (Annick Bergeron)
- René Ouellet (Michel Forget)
- * Bobby Rajotte (Hubert Proulx)
- Pierre-Paul Laporte (Benoit Langlais)
Other current characters
edit- “Toutoune” Laporte (Eric Hoziel)
- Cathie Laurendeau (Joëlle Morin)
- Juge Pringle (Réjean Lefrançois)
- Agathe Sirois (Geneviève Néron)
- Sylvain Lajoie (Cédric Pépin)
- Véronique Gagnon (Christine Beaulieu)
Past characters
edit- Virginie Boivin (Chantal Fontaine, 1996–2008) was the main character until 2008 when she left the series. She was a physical education teacher at the school, who left to live in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean with her two young children.
- Maurice Ladouceur (Jean-François Mercier) Maurice was killed by a drunk driver.
- Louise Pouliot (Pascale Desrochers) Louise left after giving birth to her child.
- Patrick Labbé as Gary Lamothe
- Monique Chabot as Cécile Boivin
- Claude Blanchard as Pierre Boivin
- Anne Dorval as Lucie Chabot
- Jean-François Pichette as Daniel Charron
- Marie-Joanne Boucher as Claudie Paré
- Julie Vincent as Dominique Latreille
- Frédéric Angers as Guillaume Tremblay
- Michel Daigle as Édouard Lirette
- Katerine Mousseau as Mireille Langlois
- Jacques L'Heureux as Julien Constantin
- Nathalie Gascon as Andrée Constantin*
- Véronique Bannon as Karine Constantin
- Patrice Godin as Marc Dubuc
- Pauline Martin as Suzanne Simoneau
- Bernard Fortin as Marc Dupras
- Muriel Dutil as Lise Bombardier
- Frédéric Pierre as Sylvestre Paul
- Alexandra Laverdière as Julie Constantin
- Marie-Josée Normand as Marilyn Potvin
- Fanny Lauzier as Véronique Bernier
- Jean Petitclerc as Michel Francoeur
- Denyse Chartier as Carmen Paré
- Yvan Ponton as Luc Paré
- Denis Bernard as Roger Tremblay
- Laurence Leboeuf as Évelyne Boivin
- Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau as Pénélope Chabot-Charron
- Omar Sharif Jr. as Oliver Briscbois
- Béatrice Picard as Alice
- Cleo Tellier as Émilie
- Dominique Lévesque as Henri-Paul Dutrisac
- Maxim Roy as Marie-Claude Roy
- Pierre Curzi as Gilles Bazinet
- Robert Gravel as Gilles Bazinet
- Lucie Laurier as Karine Constantin
- Antoine Bertrand as Patrick Betrand
- Tony Conte as Pietro Curvo
- André Ducharme as Alain Gauthier
- Maxim Gaudette as Éric Pouliot
- Martin Gendron as Stéphane Pouliot
- Myriam Houle as Kim Dubé
- Nicole Leblanc as Yolande Lacaille
- Pierre Legris as Robert Bourdages
- Danièle Lorain as Sœur Jacinthe Lacroix
- Linda Malo as Sophie Lapierre
- Isabelle Maréchal as Andréanne Rocheleau
- Lise Martin as Sœur Rose-Marie
- Dominique Michel as Geneviève Leblanc
- Louis-David Morasse as Simon Laberge
- Iannicko N'Doua-Légaré as Claude Armand
- Patricia Nolin as Marie Lalonde
- Eric Paulhus as Guy Landry
- Julien Poulin as Jean-Louis Beaudry
- Adèle Reinhardt as Normande Legault
- Cleo Tellier as Élève principale
- Geneviève Rochette as Maria-Isabella Ortiz
- Martin Rouette as Videk Striknër
- Jason Roy Léveillée as Steve Ferron
- Isabelle Sénécal-Lapointe as Léa-Marie Clément
- Caroline Tanguay as Annie Legault
- Lily Thibeault as Josiane Despaties
- Daniel Thomas as Philippe Gagné
- Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Ginette Boivin
- Sonia Vachon as Pénélope Belhumeur
- Rosie Yale as Lily Péloquin
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Auteure, Fabienne Larouche". Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
- ^ COUDÉ-LORD, Michelle. "Fidèles à Virginie jusqu'à la fin". Le journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2011.