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On April 2, 1986, the "Journal de Montréal" ran the following front page headline: "A $7,650,267 Fairy Tale." The Lavigueur family had just hit the lottery jackpot, the largest sum ever awarded by Loto-Québec. The story of the Lavigueurs has long fascinated the media and the public at large. Yet the saga of this now legendary family was fraught with drama and huge losses. It’s destiny suddenly changed the day a total stranger returned to Jean-Guy Lavigueur the wallet he had lost a few days earlier and which contained the winning lottery ticket. Our information about the Lavigueurs is limited to what we learned from the media of the time: incomplete, often false scraps which served as grist for the gutter press’s mill. They were derided, belittled and insulted on a daily basis. They were victimized by the unscrupulous methods of unethical journalists. Strangers, so-called relations, claimed their part of the booty on phony pretences.

Canada - 2008 - 3 x 52mn - HD Cam • 16/9 - Colour

Director Sylvain Archambault Script Jacques Savoie based on Yve Lavigueur Camera Jérôme Sabourin Sound Yann Cleary Sets Michel Proulx Editing Yvann Thibaudeau Music Michel Corriveau Cast Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu, Patrice Bélanger, Sophie Cadieux, Louis Champagne, Amélie Grenier, Laurence Leboeuf, Pierre Verville

Production Locomotion Films, 330 Sherbrooke Street East (QC), H2X 1E6 Montreal, Canada Tél : +1 514 840 8486 Fax : +1 514 840 8844 E-mail : infoloco@locomotionfilms.com

Sales Marc S. Grenier Locomotion Films, Marc S. Grenier, 330 Sherbrooke Street East (QC), H2X 1E6 Montreal, Canada Tél : +1 514 840 8486 Fax : +1 514 840 8844 E-mail : infoloco@locomotionfilms.com