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Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire
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Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire

2008-01-08 · 60 min / episode · ★ 5.6

Drama

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...

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Locomotion
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Canada
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Pierre VervillePierre VervilleJean-Guy Lavigueur
Patrice BélangerPatrice BélangerYve Lavigueur
Laurence LeboeufLaurence LeboeufLouise Lavigueur
Sophie CadieuxSophie CadieuxSylvie Lavigueur
Dhanaé Audet-BeaulieuDhanaé Audet-BeaulieuMichel Lavigueur
Amélie GrenierAmélie GrenierMicheline Daudelin Lavigueur

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