You will know Monday evening who killed Loulou Hébert (France Castel), ex-model at the head of the Nocturne cosmetics empire. You will discover the identity of the suspicious person Jeanne calls the Mask.
You will understand how the exile and false death of Vincent Lacombe (Antoine Pilon) in the United States were orchestrated. But you will only get part of the answers to the many puzzles of Sleepless night.
Why ? Because Radio-Canada on Tuesday disconnected its soap of luxury which was to be spread over three seasons of 12 episodes. The team learned the news in disaster, I am told. Official reason: with its listening average of 846,000 addicts, Julie Hivon’s series did not find an audience “up to the task. [des] expectations, ”notes Radio-Canada television director general Dany Meloul.
The director of the dramatic programs of Radio-Canada, André Béraud, speaks of “a modest success”.
OK, maybe Sleepless night did not card like District 31. Still, the 846,000 addicted to this soap intoxicating by Julie Hivon – who outnumber the 710,000 faithful of the third season of Plan B – will never find out who Lucas’s father is (Jean-Philippe Perras) or who collaborated with Le Masque to drug and inject the venom into Loulou Hébert’s veins. Short, Sleepless night will take all his secrets to his television grave.
And that, quite frankly, is very boring. It’s super disappointing for the fans (good evening!) Who invested 12 hours of their time hunting down clues and making connections between eras and characters to put together the big puzzle.
Does neighbor Marco (Jean-Nicolas Verreault) play on the side of the good guys or the bad guys? Aidrian (Ron Lea) is he a Machiavellian or too protective of the Hébert? We’re chatting, but could Crave get the project back? Or even VAT?
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Loulou Hébert’s children, played by Jean-Philippe Perras, Marilyse Bourke and Valérie Blais
Shaken by Radio-Canada’s decision, Julie Hivon refused to grant interviews about the abrupt disappearance of Sleepless night. The director of soap, Sébastien Gagné, describes this series as an “extraordinary sandbox”. “I discovered great actors there, including Marilyse Bourke, Ron Lea, Jean-Philippe Perras, Valérie Blais or Élodie Grenier”, indicates Sébastien Gagné, who was also behind the camera for the comedy Let go.
In the episode that aired Monday night, the team from Sleepless night used the technique of hypertrucage (the deepfake) to create an interview that Louise (Rose-Marie Perreault) gave to the show Today’s woman. The face of host Aline Desjardins in 1973 was thus merged with that of an actress who played the role of interviewer. And the real Aline Desjardins, who is 87, came to the studio to record the dialogue of the interview. It was really well done.
I’m rambling, but I loved it Sleepless night, which looked like nothing else on Quebec TV. Both historical series and soap-novel, this production demanded our attention every second.
“I had comments to the effect that it was going too fast. Others found the pace too slow. I think that the plot in the 1970s dropped a lot of people, ”says director Sébastien Gagné.
A few behind-the-scenes secrets now. It is the luxurious Louis-Joseph Forget heritage house on Sherbrooke Street West, which served as the backdrop for the Flanagan Hotel. The exterior of the Nocturne company building is in fact the Diane-Dufresne art center in Repentigny. And the Tressler house in Vaudreuil-Dorion was used as the main residence – the famous manor – of Louise Hébert.
A theory is circulating that Bertrand (Simon Pigeon and Michel Rivard) could be Lucas’ dad. One thing is certain, it is not about Aidrian, confirms to me a source within the production. Only Julie Hivon knows it. And she keeps silent.
Fade to black on The blue Hour
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The drama of Anne Boyer and Michel d’Astous ended after five years.
The blue Hour de TVA slowly died out in our televisions with an episode that breathed serenity. After five tumultuous years, the drama of Anne Boyer and Michel d’Astous could not end otherwise than on this note of hope, where each of the characters completed their trajectory.
Anne-Sophie Moran (Céline Bonnier) and her ex-husband Bernard Boudrias (Benoît Gouin) have decided to leave for a year in roadtrip and the roommates had a final happy hour at the Mile End apartment before dispersing separately. The montage of the best moments of the roommates, lying on the song You can leave by Daniel Bélanger, was moving. The final song, The human adventure by Guy-Philippe Wells, perfectly matched the intrigue. Very nice musical choices.
When we met the Boudrias family, in January 2017, they were going through a terrible tragedy. Their 7-year-old son had been killed by a driver, Anne-Sophie had fled to Montreal to rebuild herself and anger was destroying Bernard from the inside. Redemption has not always been obvious. Slowly, the angles rounded off.
To the point where Clara (Alice Morel-Michaud) is now dating the one (Rémi Goulet) who killed her brother. The ex-prisoner Raphaël (Jean-Philippe Perras) finally tastes happiness, while Pauline (Sylvie Moreau) and Normand (Jean Petitclerc) make their family dream come true. The blue Hour, despite slower moments, will remain an example of deeply human and benevolent TV.