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-"Soirée canadienne" was a weekly Quebec television (in Canada) show broadcast every Saturday night, from 1960 to 1983, for 23 years, on Télé-7 (CHLT - Sherbrooke) and the Télé-Métropole network. The show was hosted by Louis Bilodeau. The one-hour program, with the theme of Quebecois (French-Canadian) folklore, was set against the backdrop of a typical Canadian house and recreated the universe of a vigil of yesteryear, articulated around performances of various orders (songs, gigues, dances, etc.) of its protagonists: the inhabitants of a given Quebec locality. The genius of Louis Bilodeau resided in this incredible capacity to relax the atmosphere and to let the forefront of common mortals, to replace the people as the engine of his own culture, playing a role both erased and acting of master of ceremonies.

A family that does not conform to the social norms of a small village must suffer the intolerance of the other villagers when the mentally-challenged son falls in love with the schoolteacher.