La Petite Patrie(1974)

La Petite Patrie is a French Canadian television series that aired from 1974 to 1976, created by Claude Jasmin. Set in a Montreal neighborhood bounded by Saint-Denis, Beaubien, St-Hubert, and Bélanger streets in the post-war years, the show follows seventeen-year-old Clément Germain as he navigates adolescence with his family. Through Clément's memories and narration, viewers experience the district during the Duplessis era, encountering period details like streetcars, ice delivery routes, and local characters. The series captures a vanished Quebec where bread cost five cents, Maurice Richard dominated hockey, and the Rivoli theatre still stood. Jasmin's intimate portrait of working-class Montreal life offers a nostalgic window into the rhythms and texture of mid-century urban Quebec.