The special
À la di Stasio: 20 years of inspiration
Josée di Stasio looks back on her career in this special program in which several important figures from the culinary and agri-food sectors take part, including Patrice Demers, Stefano Faita, Marc-Olivier Frappier, Fred Morin, Dyan Solomon and Martin Picard, who testify to the enormous influence she had on their respective careers. “No Josée, no Danny”, even goes so far as to declare Danny St Pierre. The one Lesley Chesterman describes as a “gastronomic influencer long before Instagram” also receives good words from Anne Dorval, Vincent Graton, Gilbert Sicotte, Kim Thúy and, of course, Daniel Pinard, with whom this whole adventure began. “No one can replace Josée di Stasio”, sums up the host.
Télé-Québec, Friday at 8 p.m. (recall on Friday, December 9 at 6 p.m.)
The roll of the dice
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Director Claire Scanlon (The Office, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) signs this adaptation of the novel by Grant Snyder, which tells the story of a reconstituted and dysfunctional family which reconnects during a marriage. Unsurprisingly, latent tensions escalate and threaten to torpedo the ceremony. uneven romantic comedy, The People We Hate at the Wedding entertains despite a predictable script and a few tenuous subplots, thanks in large part to the talent of the three actors who dominate its credits: Allison Janney, Kristen Bell and Ben Platt. A feature film that makes you want to revisit a Christmas classic that addresses similar themes, The Family Stone (2005).
Prime Video (also available in French version)
The safe bet
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My mother
My mother
Critics warmly hailed Chantal Fontaine’s performance in this miniseries by authors Anne Boyer and Michel D’Astous. With reason. The actress marries strength and vulnerability to play – with great accuracy – a bipolar mother who tries to pay the piper after having spent several years sowing chaos around her. We should also highlight the work of the actors who play his children, Rachel Graton, Steve Gagnon and Marilyn Castonguay. This week, the dramatic crescendo continues between Valérie and Chantal. The latter confides to Dominique (Sonia Vachon) that she feels that she is getting dangerously close to the precipice.
VAT, Tuesday at 8 p.m.
The essential
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Love Actually
Love Actually: 20 Years Later
If every year you look forward to the holiday season to see Love Actually, you won’t miss this show, which celebrates 20 years of filming the Christmas choir film from which we judge all the other feature films of the genre since. Wearing a ridiculously long title, The Laughter and Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special, this 60-minute meeting brings together actors Emma Thompson (Karen), Hugh Grant (David), Laura Linney (Sarah), Bill Nighy (Billy Mack), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Sam) and Olivia Olson (Joanna). Prepare to have All I Want for Christmas Is You in your head, if you haven’t already.
ABC, Tuesday at 8 p.m.