Lâcher prise, also known in English as Freefall or Let Go, is a Canadian television comedy series, which premiered in 2017 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé.[1] The series stars Sophie Cadieux as Valérie Danault, a single mother struggling to keep it together after suffering burnout in her professional and personal life.[2]
| Lâcher prise | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Isabelle Langlois |
| Starring | Sophie Cadieux Sylvie Léonard Simon Lacroix Éric Paulhus Antoine Archambault |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Vincent Gagné François Rozon |
| Production locations | Montreal, Quebec |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company | Encore Télévision |
| Original release | |
| Network | Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
| Release | January 9, 2017 – March 30, 2020 |
The cast also includes Sylvie Léonard as her mother Madeleine; Simon Lacroix as her ex-husband Éric, who left her when he came out as gay; Éric Paulhus as his new husband Kevin; and Antoine Archambault as her son Thomas; as well as Jean-Moïse Martin, Christine Beaulieu, Gildor Roy, Emmanuel Schwartz, Suzanne Champagne and Émilie Bierre.
In 2018, OutTV added the program to its schedule, airing it under the title Freefall with English language subtitles,[3] while the series has been released internationally on Prime Video under the title Let Go.
The series ended in 2020, after the fourth season.[4]
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Gémeaux | 2017 | Best Comedy Series | Vincent Gagné, François Rozon | Won | [5] |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Sophie Cadieux | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Simon Lacroix | Nominated | [6] | ||
| Jean-Moïse Martin | Nominated | ||||
| Éric Paulhus | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sylvie Léonard | Won | [5] | ||
| Best Direction in a Comedy Series | Stéphane Lapointe — "Dormir" | Won | |||
| Best Writing in a Comedy Series | Isabelle Langlois — "Harmonie du soir" | Won | |||
| Best Editing | Natalie Lysight — "La crise" | Won | |||
| Best Casting | Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson | Nominated | [6] | ||
| Best Original Music | Serge Nakauchi Pelletier — "Dormir" | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound, Fiction | Pierre-Jule Audet, Nicolas Dallaire, Stephen Georges de Oliveira, Arnaud Derimay | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Best Comedy Series | Estelle Bouchard, Vincent Gagné, François Rozon | Won | [7] | |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Sophie Cadieux | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Simon Lacroix | Won | [8] | ||
| Éric Paulhus | Nominated | [9] | |||
| Emmanuel Schwartz | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sylvie Léonard | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Direction in a Comedy Series | Sébastien Gagné — "Papillons" | Won | |||
| Best Writing in a Comedy Series | Isabelle Langlois — "Maelström" | Won | |||
| Best Casting | Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson — "Secret" | Nominated | [9] | ||
| Best Original Music | Serge Nakauchi Pelletier — "Papillons" | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Best Comedy Series | Vincent Gagné, François Rozon | Won | [10] | |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Sophie Cadieux | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Sylvie Léonard | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Simon Lacroix | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Christine Beaulieu | Nominated | |||
| Best Direction in a Comedy Series | Sébastien Gagné — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" | Nominated | |||
| Best Writing in a Comedy Series | Isabelle Langlois — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing in a Comedy Series | François Larochelle — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Best Comedy Series | Vincent Gagné, François Rozon, Nathalie Tremblay | Won | [12] | |
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Sophie Cadieux | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Éric Paulhus | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Christine Beaulieu | Won | [12] | ||
| Best Direction in a Comedy Series | Sébastien Gagné — "Voir que j’ai fait exprès" | Won | |||
| Best Writing in a Comedy Series | Isabelle Langlois — "Voir que j’ai fait exprès" | Won |
References
edit- ^ "Pas de répit pour Valérie". Le Devoir, January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Lâcher prise: répliques assassines entre mère et fille". La Presse, June 21, 2016.
- ^ "Survol de la rentrée télé 2018". Fugues, September 27, 2018.
- ^ Richard Therrien, "La quatrième saison de Lâcher prise sera la dernière". La Presse, December 17, 2019.
- ^ a b "Prix Gémeaux: Lâcher prise et Feux couronnées". La Presse, September 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Palmarès des émissions qui ont le plus de nominations aux Gémeaux". Ici Radio-Canada, June 15, 2017.
- ^ "Plan B, District 31, Unité 9 et Lâcher prise récompensées au 33e gala des Gémeaux". Ici Radio-Canada, September 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Gémeaux : Johanne Fontaine, Gildor Roy et Lâcher prise récompensés à l’Avant-première". Ici Radio-Canada, September 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Prix Gémeaux 2018 : District 31 et Fugueuse font la course en tête". Ici Radio-Canada, June 14, 2018.
- ^ Andrée Laurin, "Voici tous les gagnants des 34es Prix Gémeaux". HollywoodPQ, September 15, 2019.
- ^ Stéphanie Nolin, "Nominations Prix Gémeaux 2019 : District 31 toujours grand favori". Showbizz, June 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Qui a remporté un Gémeaux dimanche soir?". Ici Radio-Canada, September 21, 2020.
External links
edit- Lâcher prise at IMDb