Lâcher prise
Lâcher prise | |
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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 |
Release | |
Original network | Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | January 9, 2017 March 30, 2020 | –
Lâcher prise 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]
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 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[]
Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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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[]
- ^ "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[]
- Lâcher prise at IMDb
- 2017 Canadian television series debuts
- 2020 Canadian television series endings
- 2010s Canadian sitcoms
- 2020s Canadian sitcoms
- 2010s Canadian LGBT-related comedy television series
- 2020s Canadian LGBT-related comedy television series
- Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
- Television shows set in Montreal
- Canadian LGBT-related sitcoms