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Les Filles de Caleb (1990)

Les Filles de Caleb poster
Original title
Les filles de Caleb
Directed by
Jean Beaudin
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Length
1 season, 20 episodes
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in early 20th century Quebec pursues her dreams of becoming a teacher and falls in love. The series follows her life, her relationships, and the challenges she faces in a changing society.

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What happens

Les Filles de Caleb is a Quebec TV series of 20 one-hour episodes, created by Jean Beaudin, based on the eponymous novel of Arlette Cousture, broadcast in 1990 on Radio-Canada and repeated in 2006 on Prise 2. An English-language version was also produced and broadcast in English Canada on CBC Television under the name Emilie. For its broadcast in France, the title of Émilie, la passion d'une vie was used. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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