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The TIFF Platform comp title, official selection for Canada for Best International Feature Film category and sophomore feature by Ivan Grbovic was crowned Best Film at the Gala Québec Cinéma ceremony last night. Drunken Birds (aka Les oiseaux ivres) picked up a total of ten Iris awards including top categories Best Director, Best Screenplay (co-written with cinematographer Sara Mishara) , Best Actress (Hélène Florent), Best Supporting Actor (Claude Legault) and Best Cinematographer also went to Mishara who would end up competing against herself with Maxime Giroux’s Norbourg also getting a nom in that category.

Florent was the first actress in the event’s history to double down and win two awards – she also nabbed Best Supporting Actress for her part in Sébastien Pilote’s Maria Chapdelaine — that film also won Best Newcomer award for Sara Montpetit who was recently featured in Cannes in Falcon Lake — a film that will surely...

In a fairly crowded field of contenders, “Drunken Birds” just grabbed the nod as Canada’s best international feature submission to the Oscars. The reasons why are almost immediately apparent on seeing Montreal-born Ivan Grbovic’s sophomore effort, co-written with cinematographer Sara Mishara. Though more modest in length and scale (not to mention star wattage),

Admittedly, that bold, confident surface sits on a framework of rather basic melodrama it can’t entirely disguise. But moment to moment, “Birds” is an impressive leap from the director’s debut, “Romeo Eleven,” a decade ago, signaling another French-Canadian talent perhaps ready to follow Denis Villeneuve and Jean-Marc Vallée onto a bigger career stage. Les Films Opale released the TIFF-premiered film to Canadian cinemas last month.

An initially baffling series of seemingly unrelated scenes — including a white tiger prowling a drug lord’s abandoned estate — gradually settle into the present-tense arrival of Willy (Jorge Antonio Guerrero...

Drunken Birds, the migrant drama from Serbian Canadian director Ivan Grbovic that had its world premiere in the Platform section at last month’s Toronto Film Festival, has been selected by Canada as the country’s entry into the 2022 International Feature Oscar race.

Written by Grbovic and Sara Mishara, the film (Les oiseaux ivres in French) centers on a quest for lost love that sends a man from Mexico to Canada, where he is hired as a seasonal worker. Fates intertwine, tensions grow, and moments of magical realism arise during the long workdays. Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Hélène Florent, Claude Legault, Marine Johnson, Maxime Dumontier, Amaryllis Tremblay, Karl Walcott, Yoshira Escárrega, Gilberto Barraza and Normand D’Amour star.

The film is produced by micro_scope and distributed by Les Films Opale. Wazabi Films is repping international sales. Drunken Birds was one of 10 films submitted to the pan-Canadian Oscar selection committee, Telefilm Canada said Monday.

We start at the end—the end of a cartel. Men climb the walls to go inside the now abandoned estate, walking amongst paintings and sculptures before stripping naked to take a dip in the indoor swimming pool while a giant portrait of their unwitting (and now imprisoned) benefactor looks on. One decides to don a fur coat as he rifles through the papers sitting on the kingpin’s desk. He picks up a note and begins to read before discarding it out of boredom. The voice of its author, however, continues to speak. Talk of a shootout, love, and emancipation follow until the smooth swoop of a tarp covering an expensive car transports us back to the moment the letter was composed within. The present provides the past.

Writer/director Ivan Grbovic and co-writer/cinematographer Sara Mishara seamlessly take us back and forth through time so the romance at...

Skipping school certainly contains its perks. First time actress (and climate change activist) Sara Montpetit has landed the lead role in Sébastien Pilote‘s fourth feature film, Maria Chapdelaine. The young thesp beat out about one thousand plus hopefuls for the role; she’ll be surrounded by Hélène Florent, Sébastien Ricard, Émile Schneider, Antoine-Olivier Pilon (Xavier Dolan’s Mommy), Robert Naylor (Denis Côté’s Ghost Town Anthology), Gilbert Sicotte (who played the lead in Pilote’s Cannes selected Le Vendeur), Gabriel Arcand with additional parts going to Henri Picard, Martin Dubreuil, Danny Gilmore, Arno Lemay, Charlotte St-Martin, Thomas Haché, and Xavier Rivard-Désy.…...

In present-day Montreal, Antoine (Kevin Parent) has recently divorced Carole (Hélène Florent), with whom he now shares custody of two daughters (Joanny Corbeil-Picher, Rosalie Fortier). Despite his failed marriage, Antoine's life is seemingly perfect. A jet-setting DJ on the verge of turning 40-years-old, Antoine has already fallen madly in love with a beautiful young blond, Rose (Evelyne Brochu). Other than occasional hauntings by the specter of addiction, Antoine is of perfect health which helps him maintain an active sex life with Rose.

Title CAFÉ De Flore Adopt Films Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Screenwriter: Jean-Marc Vallée Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier, Alice Dubois, Evelyne de la Cheneliere, Michel Dumont, Linda Smith, Joanny Corbeil-Picher Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 10/16/12 Opens: November 2, 2012 We’re all connected, whether within six degrees of separation or throughout history—the latter point being made in a most pretentious manner by this year’s film “Cloud Atlas.” Thankfully, “Café de Flore” takes only two hours, shaving 54 minutes from “Cloud Atlas,” but Jean-Marc Vallée is just as eager to trot out his film as one that’s almost as arty. That is to say, “Café de [ Read More ]

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Dark Shadows (12A)

(Tim Burton, 2012, Us) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley. 113 mins

Another expensive pop-gothic fantasy (remake) for Depp and Burton's gallery – how long before either they get bored or we do? This time Johnny's an effete 18th-century vampire, reawakened in 1972 to reunite with his dysfunctional Addams-like descendants and marvel at the modern world. Expect fish-out-of-water silliness, a light shade of darkness, and the usual descent into messiness.

Café De Flore (15)

(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2011, Can) Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent. 121 mins

Music and mystery add a great deal to this well-made emotional drama, which switches between a present-day DJ and a 1970s mother (Paradis) whose child has Down's syndrome.

Beloved (15)

(Christophe Honoré, 2011, Fra/UK/Cze) Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Catherine Deneuve. 139 mins

Using flashbacks and musical moments, Honoré tells the story of a former prostitute, her daughter and the men in their lives.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Café de Flore, the latest film from Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria) is a diverting experience from its outset. An opening title crawl unfolds alongside Pink Floyd’s seminal album-opener Speak To Me/Breathe, and knowing how notoriously picky the band is when licensing their music, if it is good enough for Waters, Gilmour and Co., then it is probably going to be good enough for audiences too. This is a first-rate drama the likes of which rarely abounds; a confidently-composed enigma wrapped in an affectionate, often devastating pair of love stories.

For much of its first act, audiences might feel uncomfortable and confused; this is to be expected and very much part of the the intended experience, one assumes. The initial question seems to be how Antoine’s (Kevin Parent) perfect life – in a relationship with a beautiful woman, Rose (Evelyne Brochu), living in...

Kaelen Meuiner, Garret Dillahunt, Oliver Sherman Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau: Genie Award Winners INTERPRÉTATION Masculine Dans Un Premier RÔLE / Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role * Fellag – Monsieur Lazhar Garret Dillahunt – Oliver Sherman Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method Patrick Huard – Starbuck Scott Speedman – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE Dans Un Premier RÔLE / Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role Catherine De LÉAN – Nuit #1 Pascale Montpetit – The Girl in the White Coat * Vanessa Paradis – Café de Flore Rachel Weisz – The Whistleblower Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz INTERPRÉTATION Masculine Dans Un RÔLE De Soutien / Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role Antoine Bertrand – Starbuck Kevin Durand – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Marin Gerrier – Café de Flore Taylor Kitsch – The Bang Bang Club * Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE Dans Un RÔLE De Soutien / Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role Roxana Condurache – The Whistleblower...

It's a supernatural love story versus a masochistic one as Quebec's Jean-Marc Vallée leads the pack of contenders for Canada's top cinematic honours, announced today.

Vallée's Café de flore, starring Vanessa Paradis and DJ-turned-actor Kevin Parent, follows the lives and loves of two families - one in '60s France and another in modern-day Montreal - connected beyond time and space in a tale that touches on the fantastical. Earning a total of 13 Genie nominations, the French film is up for Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Directing, Cinematography and nods in the leading role (Paradis), supporting actress role (Hélène Florent) and supporting actor role (Marin Gerrier) categories.

Cronenberg's lauded film A Dangerous Method, pairs controversial thinkers Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Jung (Micheal Fassbender) whose investigations and theories about Sabina (Keira Knightley), a hysterical patient with complicated sexual cravings, gives birth to psychoanalysis. The dramatic biography, based on Christopher Hampton's play A Talking Cure,...

Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson in Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene Michelle Williams Strikes Twice: Vancouver Film Critics Nominations 2011 Best Film * The Artist The Descendants The Tree of Life Best Foreign Language Film * A Separation Poetry The Kid with a Bike Best Actor * Michael Fassbender, Shame Jean Dujardin, The Artist Michael Shannon, Take Shelter Best Actress * Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive * Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Supporting Actress * Jessica Chastain, The Help, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Shailene Woodley, The Descendants Best Director Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist * Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life Martin Scorsese, Hugo Best Documentary * Cave of Forgotten Dreams The Interrupters Nostalgia for the Light Project Nim Surviving Progress Best Screenplay Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris * Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist...

Jean Dujardin, Missi Pyle, The Artist Michelle Williams Strikes Twice: Vancouver Film Critics Nominations 2011 Best Film The Artist The Descendants The Tree of Life Best Foreign Language Film A Separation Poetry The Kid with a Bike Best Actor Michael Fassbender, Shame Jean Dujardin, The Artist Michael Shannon, Take Shelter Best Actress Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain, The Help, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Shailene Woodley, The Descendants Best Director Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Terence Malick, The Tree of Life Martin Scorsese, Hugo Best Documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams The Interrupters Nostalgia for the Light Project Nim Surviving Progress Best Screenplay Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash,...

Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI Fest 2011 World Cinema Selections Arirang: Traumatized by a near-fatal accident during filming, director Kim Ki-duk offers a visionary self-portrait of a troubled artist reeling from an emotional breakdown. Dir Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. CAFÉ Du Flore: In his follow-up to C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean Marc Vallée tells two parallel stories connected by music about a Montreal D.J. and a mother devoted to her special-needs son. Dir/Scr Jean-Marc Vallée. Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier. Canada. U.S. Premiere. Extraterrestrial: Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo’s surprising second feature finds an alien invasion providing the backdrop for one of the most delightful romantic comedies in years. Dir/Scr Nacho Vigalondo. Cast Julian Villagran, Michelle Jenner, Raul Cimas, Carlos Areces, Miguel Noguera. Spain. Faust: Russian Ark director...

Yesterday, the Toronto International Film Festival, which will take place between September 8 and 18, unveiled the list of Canadian films that will be screened.

Galas

A Dangerous Method Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Sarah Gadon

Starbuck

Director: Ken Scott

Cast: Patrick Huard, Antoine Bertrand and Patrick Labbé

Take This Waltz Director: Sarah Polley Cast: Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman

Canada First

Marécages Director: Guy Édoin Cast: Pascale Bussières, Luc Picard, Gabriel Maillé and François Papineau

Amy George Directors: Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas Cast: Gabriel del Castillo Mullally, Claudia Dey, Don Kerr and Natasha Allan

Nuit #1 Director: Anne Émond Cast: Catherine de Léan and Dimitri Storoge

The Odds Directors: Simon Davidson Cast: Tyler Johnston, Calum Worthy and Julia Maxwell

The Patron Saints Directors: Melanie Shatzky and Brian M. Cassidy

Roméo Onze Director: Ivan Grbovic Cast: Ali Ammar, Joseph Bou Nassar, Eleonore Millier, May Hilal...

The first pictures of actress Vanessa Paradis on the set of Jean-Marc Vallée's Café de Flore has now surfaced online. On these pictures, you see her shooting the film in Paris. Moreover, the film will come out in Canada in September 23.

The film's story takes place in the Paris of the 1960s and nowadays' Montreal. The fate of Jacquelines (Vanessa Paradis), a single Parisian woman raising one kid on her own, and Antoine, a DJ from Montreal, is obviously different. However, their odissey have on thing in common: the search for love.

The film also stars Evelyne Brochu, Hélène Florent, Marin Gerrier, Alice Dubois, Evelyne de la Chenelière and Michel Dumont.

Finally, the film's release date in France has yet to be announced.

Alliance Films, a Canadian film distributor, has revealed that Jean-Marc Café de flore will hit Quebec's theatres on September 23.

The film's story takes place in the Paris of the 1960s and nowadays' Montreal. The fate of Jacquelines (Vanessa Paradis), a single Parisian woman raising one kid on her own, and Antoine, a DJ from Montreal, is obviously different. However, their odissey have on thing in common: the search for love.

The film also stars Evelyne Brochu, Hélène Florent, Marin Gerrier, Alice Dubois, Evelyne de la Chenelière and Michel Dumont.

The film's release in France has yet to be announced.

Bande-annonce de 'Café de Flore' (2011) par theculturalpost...

The winners of the 26th Artis Gala, Quebec's own People's Choice Award in television, were announced yesterday on Tva, a Quebecker TV network. Besides hosting the event, Charles Lafortune even won the award for best host of a game show.

Here's the list of winners.

Best news anchor: Pierre Bruneau (Tva 18 heures)

Best host of a public affair show: Charles Tisseyre (Découvertes)

Best host of a service show: Gino Chouinard (Mon plan Rona)

Best host of a variety show: Véronique Cloutier (Les enfants de la télé)

Best host of a talk show: Guy A. Lepage (Tout le monde en parle)

Best host of a game show: Charles Lafortune (Le cercle and La classe de 5e)

Best host of a sport show: Marie-Claude Savard (La série Montréal-Québec and Le défi des champions)

Best actor in a TV series: Claude Legault (19-2)

Best actress in a TV series: Hélène Florent (La...

#65. Café de flore Director/Writer: Jean-Marc ValléeProducers: Pierre Even and Marie-Claude PoulinDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: This is inspired by the legendary Parisian hang-out. The film follows two story lines — one in the 1960s, one in the present — linked by a famous song. This sees a male Montreal DJ (Parent) and woman. And between a mother and her son with Down's syndrome.. Two people from two different eras who live two extraordinary moments of passion that shake their lives. A mystical and supernatural odyssey on love.....(more) Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Émile Vallée, Chanel Fontaine List Worthy Reasons...: Ask any French Canadian cinephile what are in their all-time top 5 films from Quebec and among the more popular choices you'll find C.R.A.Z.Y. After testing out the international film scene with The Young Victoria, Jean-Marc Vallée returns to French-language filmmaking and his specialty: films with a...

While no trailer of the third season of La galère has been released online, Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, did release the promo poster for the show. Moreover, the third season of this comedy series created by Renée-Claude Brazeau will premiere on September 20 at 9 Pm.

In La galère, we follow four women - Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) - who move into a big house with their seven children. Each of these women want to take a break from their respective husband or boyfriend (or three ex-husbands in the case of Stephanie).

While Radio-Canada hasn't revealed any details about the third season's script, here's what we should remember from the second season:

* Isabelle divorced from her husband, Jacques (Jeff Boudreault). Since Jacques is Quebec's Labour minister, Isabelle intends to compete as an independent candidate against Jacques in the same riding during the upcoming provincial election.

While no trailer for La galère's upcoming third season hasn't been released online, Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, has released a clip of the third season's first episode.

In this show written by Renée-Claude Brazeau, we follow four women - Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) - who move into a big house with their seven children. Each of these women want to take a break from their respective husband (or three ex-husbands in the case of Stephanie).

Speaking about the clip, we're seeing Isabelle practising her speeches. As a matter of fact, it was revealed in the second season that she intends to compete against her husband, Jacques (Jeff Boudreault), during the upcoming election in Quebec.

The show also stars Anne-Marie Compagna, Rose Adam, Daniel Parent, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Patrick Drolet, Jeff Boudreault, François Chénier, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Marc Paquet and Patrice Godin.

Fans of La galère, one of the smartest Canadian comedy series will return on Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, on September 20 at 9 Pm.

In this show written by Renée-Claude Brazeau, we follow four women - Stéphanie (H��lène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) - who move into a big house with their seven children. Each of these women want to take a break from their respective husband (or three ex-husbands in the case of Stephanie).

While Radio-Canada hasn't revealed any details about the third season's script, here's what we should remember from the second season:

* Isabelle divorced from her husband, Jacques (Jeff Boudreault). Since Jacques is Quebec's Labour minister, Isabelle intends to compete as an independent candidate against Jacques in the same riding during the upcoming provincial election.

* Claude was about to marry Antoine (Gabriel Sabourin), her long-time boyfriend. However, Antoine revealed to her...

Today, Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria) announced the leading cast of his upcoming film Café de flore. This Canadian co-production will begin filming in Montreal from August 16 to September 24. Afterwards, the production will continue in Paris from October 18 to November 19.

Besides French actress Vanessa Paradis, the leading cast also includes singer Kevin Parent in his first film, Evelyne de la Chenelière, Evelyne Brochu and Hélène Florent.

The film follows two love stories. The first one takes place in Paris during the 1960s and the other in Montreal in 2010. As the film advances, both love stories share striking similarities.

Finally, the film will come out in 2011 in Quebec.

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Montreal's FanTasia Film Festival 2010 has their most female-director-friendly lineup Ever, with literally dozens of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy shorts and features directed by women.

Highlights include Maude Michaud's Snuff and Hollywood Skin, Nicola Tomassini's État d'humains, Hélène Tremblay's H5N1, Charlotte Beaudoin Pelletier's Le septième écart, Hélène Florent's Léger problème, Caroline Mailloux's Motel Pluton, Jelena Girlin and Mari-Liis Bassovskaja's Oranus, Mai Tominaga's Rinco's Restaurant, and Eva Jin's Sophie's Revenge.

But seriously, there's way too many to list here. Check it out at The FanTasia site.

Watch the trailer for Mai Tominaga's fantastical Rinco's Restaurant:

Watch the trailer for Eva Jin's Sophie's Revenge:...

Yesterday, the Quebecker section of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed its full list of nominees at the 2010 Gémeaux Awards, the Quebecker equivalent of the Emmy Awards. Moreover, the award ceremony will be held in September. The following is a list of nominees mostly related to the entertainment sector of Quebecker television.

Best dramatic series:

* Aveux.

* C.A.

* Le Gentleman.

* Mirador.

* Musée Eden.

Best game show:

* Bluff.

* L'union fait la force.

* Le cercle

* Le moment de vérité.

* Tous pour un.

Best reality show:

* En route vers mon premier gala.

* Loft Story 6 - La revanche.

* Ma maison Rona.

* Rock n’Road II.

* VJ recherché.

Best comedy series:

* La galère.

* Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin.

* Les Parent.

* Rock et Rolland.

* Taxi 0-22.

Best soap opera:

* Destinées

* L'auberge du chien noir

* Providence

* Yamaska

Best humour show:

* 3600 secondes d'extase

* Comicographie

* Et Dieu créa... Laflaque

* Infoman

* Les appendices

Best direction in a dramatic series:

* Aveux.

After Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, Quebeckers will see another cinematographic adaptation of a homegrown hit TV series. In fact, Lance et compte's trailer is already online and the film will hit Quebec's theatres on November 26, 2010.

The film talks about the National, a professional hockey team hailing from Quebec City. After an exhibition game in a small town, the players of the National must go back to Quebec City on the team's bus. However, because of an accident, half of the players in the team are dead. Besides, the team's general manager has to rebuild the National.

As always, Réjean Tremblay will pen the film's story and will be the producer alongside Caroline Héroux. Speaking about the director, it will be Frédéric D'Amours.

The film will star Marc Messier, Marina Orsini, Carl Marotte, Jason Roy-Léveillée, Denis Bouchard, Raymond Bouchard, Yvan Ponton, Hélène Florent, Pat Kiely, Elias Scoufaras and James A. Woods.

Télé-Québec, a Quebecker TV network, announced that it will air a selection of shorts produced in Quebec in the last year. These shorts will be presented in a special show of Voir, a cultural magazine, on Sunday, May 30 from 8 to 9:30 Pm.

Here's the list of shorts that we'll see:

* L’homme et la bête, by Martin Thibaudeau.

* L’homme qui dort, by Inés Sedan.

* Buddies, by Louis-Alexandre Martin.

* Next Floor, by Denis Villeneuve.

* Léger problème, by Hélène Florent.

* Mon nom est Victor Gazon, de Patrick Gazé.

* Le technicien, de Simon-Olivier Fecteau.

Finally, this special will be hosted by Sébastien Diaz and Manon Dumais. Besides, before the presentation of each short, Diaz and Dumais will give some details about the given short so that we can fully appreciate it.

Although no official announcement was made by the TV network Radio-Canada as of today, the third season of La galère is being filmed right now. In fact, the announcement was made on the homepage of Cirrus Communications, the production company behind this jewel created by Renée-Claude Brazeau.

If you don't believe me, then click on this screenshot of Cirrus Communications's web page to see a larger thumbnail.

Speaking about the details on the script, nothing has been revealed to the media yet. Moreover, since I haven't seen La galère's second season yet, I can't take a guess on how the four leading characters will be.

Finally, for those who don't know, La galère is a dramedy. We follow four childhood friends in the end of their thirties who decide to move together in a big house only with their children. They believe that their life will be easier by...

Yesterday, Alliance Vivafilm, a DVD distributor, announced the date of the release of La galère's second season on DVD. This show, which was created by Renée-Claude Brazeau, is a comedy and it aired on Radio-Canada. Moreover, Radio-Canada didn't announce if it will renew the show for a third season.

The story:

In the first season, Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) move together in a big house with their seven children in order to evacuate their frustration. In the second season, the four women must deal with the absence of a nanny for their children. Of course, Isabelle can take things into her hands, but her career as a lawyer makes it hard for her (and by extension all single mothers who are lawyers).

Stéphanie is wondering if the Prime Minister (Denis Bernard) will be the one for her. At the same time,...