You like the series Successionthe film The Big Short and black-mirror ? Then prepare the recording of the miniseries wildlife handbookadaptation of the popular novel by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard.
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It’s excellent and not airtight at all. Some of these techno-financial TV series like trillion Where Industry gassing us with their incomprehensible technical jargon. But not wildlife handbook. It is above all a story of ambition and power set in the world of start-ups, the famous start-up.
Yes, this TV work is about chatbots and investment capital, but it digs deeper into bereavement, complicated family relationships, the desire for success, and the cruelty of the tech world. Let’s say it changes series of (insert here a profession such as policeman, lawyer or doctor).
The technical details, before continuing. The Séries Plus channel will relay the first episode of wildlife handbook Wednesday, March 16 at 8 p.m. Impossible, therefore, to devour it in a hurry. We will have to sharpen our patience on a weekly basis.
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Louis Morissette interprets the role of an investor who will allow the start-up Huldu to take off.
wildlife handbook chronicles the rise of millennial Kevin Bédard (Antoine Pilon), aka the whiz kid of Thetford Mines. Kevin grew up in a family of upstarts. Her dad, Denis (Gildor Roy), uneducated, boorish, but good at business, runs a mega-construction company, while her mom, Martine (Isabelle Vincent), who takes photos with her iPad, still mourns the death of his eldest son, Dave.
Kevin hates his first name (Kévunnne!) as much as this universe of new rich tinsel. What Kevin wants the most? Succeed and accomplish without any help from his dad. He manages to do it and he gives us, speaking directly to the camera, the secrets of his success in the form of a TED Talk type presentation. Think Kendall (Jeremy Strong) of Succession when he goes out of his way to “disrupt” the media ecosystem.
In Kevin’s mouth, it sounds like: “The greatest inventions are born from an accident. Or: “There is nothing more powerful than an idea. »
The first episode of wildlife handbook features a terrific sequence where Kevin’s friends recreate – in two versions – the famous viral “Happy Birthday, Kevin!” “. I watched it at least four times without getting bored. What a beautiful flash, which takes all the elements of this handcrafted clip entitled “A word for Kevin”, which has been viewed 1.9 million times on YouTube.
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Antoine Pilon and Virginie Ranger-Beauregard in the roles of Kevin and Eve
With his former roommate Laurent (Rodley Pitt) and his ex-girlfriend, Ève (Virginie Ranger-Beauregard), Kevin founded the company Huldu, which develops an application allowing its users to converse with the dead. Yes Yes. How ? By amalgamating all the digital traces left by the missing person (Facebook statuses, text messages or comments on Instagram).
The prototype, developed with a popular actress (Catherine Brunet), is stunning. An angel investor (Louis Morissette) will inject a lot of money into it and you can guess here that this promising project will go through huge areas of turbulence.
Especially on an ethical level. Can we market someone’s virtual memory in this way without their authorization? And will Huldu’s app really help people ease their grief or will it just collect a lot of intimate and valuable information?
The two episodes (out of a total of six) that I saw on Wednesday contain some pretty creative finds. Whether it’s “memes”, pastiches of video games or 2D animation, these elements breathe a lot of rhythm into the series, without it being too gimmicky.
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The author of wildlife handbookJean-Philippe Baril Guérard, and the director of the series, Christian Laurence
In the role of the CEO, neither messiah nor asocial geek, Antoine Pilon adequately balances arrogance and biting humor so that we get attached to his character as the upstart boss, well nuanced. His partner Virginie Ranger-Beauregard shines as head of operations, bold and ready to do anything to get Huldu off the ground.
The miniseries wildlife handbook was co-scripted by author Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard and director Christian Laurence (5and rank, The skid). Uncork a bottle of Greek orange wine, pull out the charcuterie platter, put little Jayden to bed and happy viewing, gang.
The link with Jean-Marc Vallée
Many readers have not understood why the series Another story of Radio-Canada inserted a vignette wishing “bon voyage” to Jean-Marc Vallée at the beginning of the credits of the last episode, which was broadcast Monday evening. Did the Quebec filmmaker die of early Alzheimer’s without anyone knowing? you asked.
Not at all. Here is the simple explanation. Jean-Marc Vallée, who would have celebrated his 59th birthday on Wednesday, has long been in a relationship with the screenwriter ofAnother story, Chantal Cadieux. They had two boys, Alex and Émile, now adults. Émile Vallée edited the video for the episode ofAnother story Monday and his brother Alex Vallée plays Jérôme, the spouse showerbag become sympathetic to Naëlle (Cynthia Trudel).
So yes, we can say thatAnother story is a family story for the Cadieux-Vallées. You now know everything. Jean-Marc Vallée reportedly succumbed to cardiorespiratory arrest on Christmas Day 2021.