Terre humaine is a French-Canadian soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 TV series written by Mia Riddez-Morisset which originally aired between September 1978 and March 1984. The series totaled 229 episodes.

The show takes place in rural Quebec in the late 1970s where conflicts between generations build scenes for a good novel.

Plot

The show explores a family of rural farmers and their extended family. The action revolves around Léandre "Pépère" Jaquemin, his son Antoine and numerous other characters. The show is easy to follow and takes us through many adventures of the Jacquemin family and their friends.

Rerun

Radio-Canada started to re-air the show on September 10, 2008. It is scheduled to air Mondays to Fridays at 3:00 p.m. until April 2009.

Recurring Cast

• Jean Duceppe
  Jean Duceppe
  Jean Hotte-Duceppe, CQ was a stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec. He founded the Compagnie de théâtre Jean Duceppe in 1973....
  
   -Léandre Jacquemin
• Alain Gélinas -Michel Jacquemin
• Mitsou
  Mitsou
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   -Annouk Jacquemin
• Marjolaine Hébert -Jeanne Jacquemin
• Raymond Legault -Jean-François Jacquemin
• Sylvie Léonard
  Sylvie Léonard
  Sylvie Léonard is a French-Canadian actress. She has acted in theater, film and television for over 40 years. Her most notable roles include Sylvie in Un Gars, Une Fille, Mimi Jarry in Rue des Pignons and Annick Jacquemin in Terre Humaine.-External links:...
  
   -Annick Jacquemin
• Guy Provost
  Guy Provost
  Guy Provost, OC, CQ was a French Canadian actor.In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being a "giant of the performing arts, admired and respected for his sensitivity and discipline, [he] is also a model for the new generation of actors". In 2003, he was made a Knight of the...
  
   -Antoine Jacquemin
• Louis De Santis -Jonas Jacquemin
• Jacqueline Plouffe -Eléonore Jacquemin
• Lisette Dufour
  Lisette Dufour
  Lisette Dufour is a Québécoise voice actress who is better known as the French voice of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons.She also did a number of French dubbings, including most notably Pocahontas in the Disney movie.-References:...
  
   -Lina Jacquemin
• Alain Charbonneau -Joseph Jacquemin
• Denyse Chartier -Elisabeth Demaison-Jacquemin
• Suzanne Marier -Pierrette Jacquemin
• Jean Deschenes -Eric Belval
• Marcel Gauthier
  Marcel Gauthier
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   -Marcel Dutilly
• Jean-Jacques Desjardins -Martin Jacquemin
• Dorothée Berryman
  Dorothée Berryman
  Dorothée Berryman is a noted Canadian actress and singer.- Biography :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she has played roles in many stage productions, films, and television series including The Red Violin, Rivière-des-Jérémie, Le Déclin de l'empire américain, Les Invasions barbares, Scanners II: The...
  
   -Berthe Jacquemin-Dantin
• Jacinthe Chaussé -Madeleine Jacquemin-Sanderson
• Danielle Schneider
  Danielle Schneider
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   -Joceline Boudrias-Jacquemin
• Sébastien Frappier -François Jacquemin

Guest stars

• Diane St. Onge -Éléonore Jacquemin (25 ans)
• Jean-Raymond Charles
• Serge Turgeon
  Serge Turgeon
  Serge Turgeon, CM, CQ was a Quebec actor and union leader.He was the president of the Union des artistes from 1985 to 1997....
  
   -Laurent Dantin
• Yvan Benoît
• Larry-Michel Demers
• Julien Bessette
• Yolande Binet
• Denis Bouchard
• Paul E. Boutet
• Rachel Cailhier
• René Caron
• Francine Caron-Panaccio
• Marie-Josée Caya
• Elisabeth Chouvalidzé
• Liliane Clune
• Gilbert Comptois
• Roland D'amour
• Jean-Luc Denis
• Yves Desgagnés
• Robert Desroches -Louis De Carufel
• Claude Desrosiers
• Paul Dion
• Anne-Marie Ducharme -Gisèle Gervais
• Yvan Ducharme
  Yvan Ducharme
  Yvan Ducharme is a québécois humorist and actor born 24 August 1937 in Rouyn-Noranda.-Biography:Yvan Ducharme was first known to the public thanks to his creation of Insolences d'un téléphone shown during the day in 1963 on CJMS in Montréal for more than a decade.He became popular on québécoise...
  
  
• Françoise Faucher
  Françoise Faucher
  Françoise Faucher is an actress. She was born in Montmorency, France in 1929. She trained in drama in France under René Simon and Bernard Bimont before immigrating to Canada in the 1950s. She became a member of The "Theatre du Nouveau Monde" in Quebec and participated in many plays. She wrote...
  
  
• Chyslain Filion
• Janine Fluet -Orise DeMaison
• Jacques Fortier
• Louisette Fortier
• Reine France -Marthe Parrot (Tante Matou)
• Ronald France
• Edgar Fruitier
• J.-Léo Gagnon
• Pat Gagnon
• Paul Gauthier
• Gérald Gilbert
• Lut Gingras
• Marcel Girard
• Renée Girard
• Sylvie Gosselin
• Blaise Gouin
• Françoise Graton
• Claude Grisé
• Roger Guertin
• Roseline Hoffmann
• Laurent Imbault
• Ian Ireland -Thomas Sanderson
• Benjamin Gauthier
• Roland Jetté
• Jacques L'Heureux
• Olivier Landry
• Serge Lasalle
• Jean-Guy Latour
• Jean-Pierre Légaré
• Marc Legault
• Michelle Léger
• Yvon Leroux
• Jean-François Lesage
• Suzanne Marier
• Angélique Martel
• Yves Massicotte
• Jean-Pierre Masson
• Louise Matteau
• Rock Ménard
• Jean Ricard
• Denis Mercier
• René Migtiaccio
• Denise Morelle
  Denise Morelle
  Denise Morelle was a Quebec actress whose 1984 murder was a significant media event in Quebec.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Gilles Normand
• Aubert Pallascio
  Aubert Pallascio
  Aubert Pallascio is a Canadian actor. He is best known for having portrayed Pierre Trudeau in the 1980 film The Kidnapping of the President. He was nominated in 1996 for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Liste noire .- External links :...
  
  
• Lucille Papineau
• Gérard Paradis
• Jean-Louis Paris
• Chantal Perrier
• Linda Plamondon
• Louise Portai
• Gilles Quenneville
• Claude Ravenel
• José Rettino
• Sita Riddez
• Annick Robitaille
• Stéphanie Robitaille
• Anne-Marie Rocher
• Dominique Roy
• Walter Massey
• Madeleine Sicotte
• Rychard Thériault
• Béatrix Van Til
• Johanne Tremblay
• Jacques Tourangeau
  Jacques Tourangeau
  Jacques Tourangeau is a Canadian actor.He graduated from Université de Montréal, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963, a Bachelor of Education in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1986. He gained his first role in the Quebec TV series Rue des Pignons. During the late 1970s, he appeared in...
  
  -Jacques Riopel

External links

• Radio-Canada Link