“The perfect moments”: soon the end of filming for the Thomas clan

Emotions were on edge, Friday, on the set of the series The perfect momentswhile the actors embodying the Thomas family were shooting particularly difficult scenes.

Georges (Denis Bernard) has finally announced to his children that his heart is 60% necrotic, news that has thrown a cold shower on Catherine (Catherine Trudeau), Louis (Émile Proulx-Cloutier) and Philippe (Jean-François Pronovost) . Judith (Marie-Thérèse Fortin) had heard the bad news before.

This scene from the fourth episode is a good illustration of the state of mind that reigns among the actors who will soon say goodbye to their character, with filming concluding definitively at the end of June. There are only 13 episodes left to broadcast on TVA starting next September. The main author, Marc Robitaille, had to reduce the plots from 26 to 13 episodes at the request of the broadcaster.

The media were invited Friday to discuss with the main actors in the house of Judith (Marie-Thérèse Fortin) and Georges, in Longueuil.

Accustomed to saying goodbye to families of actors, Marie-Thérèse Fortin knows that she will experience “mourning”. “I really liked playing Judith, who is like many women around me. She is in her sixties, she is in great shape and in possession of her means. She wonders what awaits her next. Did she come true, did she realize her dreams? For Judith and Georges, it’s a second start and Judith loves to take revenge on life.

As for her plan to return to singing, Judith “will have a little rock on her heart,” revealed the actress, who has two theater projects.

Denis Bernard, he is sad because few series are interested in the reality of Quebecers. “I’m a very nostalgic person, but in relation to my career, I don’t live with regrets for a project that has met its audience. What pains me is that The perfect moments is one of the only series to talk about everyday life, I hope that we find this humanism through another series.

For his character, the fact that his heart is in bad condition causes him to “relearn how to live differently”. “It transforms his perspective for the future, his existence, the choices he will make,” added the one who is due to shoot shortly in the second season of seem to gobroadcast on Télé-Québec.

A first major role for Catherine Trudeau

Catherine Trudeau championed strong characters – The invincibles, watchtower, Breakups – since the beginning of his career 24 years ago, but The perfect moments will have been his first main role, moreover in an annual series. His Catherine will have experienced many upheavals, including her separation from Alex (Gabriel Sabourin) and her breakup with Pierre (Jean-François Pichette).

The mother and entrepreneur is in a transition. “Catherine asks herself questions. She is really introspective and wonders where her X is. The children leave, except for Charlotte who is still in rehabilitation, she no longer has a boyfriend, she has moved away and made mistakes. Is she still good at work and being an organizer? Maybe she has come to organize herself,” added Catherine Trudeau, promising all the same “light” in the last 13 episodes. Also an author, Catherine Trudeau will launch volume 2 of her youth series in June. mad school.

As for Catherine’s two brothers, Louis and Philippe, they have not finished surprising us, they who are no longer in conflict with Nadia (Nadia Kounda).

“Philippe is finally rid of Nadia, but he wonders in which direction he wants to go. He is wondering about his sports shop project,” said Jean-François Pronovost, who had barely three days of filming left when the QMI Agency spoke with him. Jean-François did not have confirmation if a seventh season of the children’s series Master key will be rotated.

“Louis became a father, but that comes with a host of challenges, especially in the dynamic of co-parenting,” said Émile Proulx-Cloutier. “The series stops at a time when there was juice left, there was space left for each of the frames. But it didn’t stop mid-flight, we were able to tweak it and finish it off properly,” he added, who is running the 2 in parallel.^e season ofBefore the crash.

The third and final season of the series The perfect moments will be presented this fall on TVA.