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Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire (2008)

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On April 1st, 1986, Jean-Guy Lavigueur, an unemployed blue-collar worker and his family won 7.6 million dollars. At the time, it was the largest amount ever won at Loto-Quebec's 6/49 weekly draws. What should have been the beginning of a fairytale for the family turned rapidly into a nightmare...

Cast & Crew

Director
Sylvain Archambault
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    Jean-Guy Lavigueur Pierre Verville
  • Profile picture of Patrice Bélanger
    Yve Lavigueur Patrice Bélanger
  • Profile picture of Laurence Leboeuf
    Louise Lavigueur Laurence Leboeuf
  • Profile picture of Sophie Cadieux
    Sylvie Lavigueur Sophie Cadieux
  • Profile picture of Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu
    Michel Lavigueur Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu
  • Profile picture of Amélie Grenier
    Micheline Daudelin Lavigueur Amélie Grenier
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Season 1

2008

6 episodes

Season 1 of Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire premiered on January 8, 2008

On April 1st, 1986, Jean-Guy Lavigueur, an unemployed blue-collar worker and his family won 7.6 million dollars. At the time, it was the largest amount ever won at Loto-Quebec's 6/49 weekly draws. What should have been the beginning of a fairytale for the family turned rapidly into a nightmare... and their story is the stuff of amazing television drama.

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  • miniseries
  • sudden wealth
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