Il Duce Canadese, aka Il duce canadese: Le Mussolini canadien was a Canadian television miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 2004. The series revolves around the Alvaro family, an Italian-Canadian family in Montreal during World War II whose lives are tested when family patriarch Angelo is falsely arrested and imprisoned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a national security threat. The series' cast also includes Alexis Bélec, Ron Lea, Gerry Mendicino, Dino Tavarone, Marina Orsini and Carlo Rota.