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The novelty : Sandy
Directed by Alexandre Pelletier (family councils), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Guillaume Harvey, this new web series is made up of six ten-minute episodes that we binged in one go. Sadly topical comedy thriller, Sandy paints the portrait of Sandrine (Fanny Mallette, always so fair), an aspiring artist and manager of a cider house in Montérégie who finds the tablet of a television host (solid Rémi-Pierre Paquin). The plot takes an unexpected turn when the heroine, while exploring the contents of the device, realizes that the star comedian hides a dark side, far from the image of sympathetic settler mononcle that he projects in public…
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The return : industry
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Series industry plunges us into a world of sex, drugs and finance.
industry (Industry in English) is not really a good series, but for some reason, we were waiting for this second season with a lot of impatience. The first episode of the American-British drama (HBO-BBC co-production) plunges us back into the “sex, drugs and finance” universe of ambitious young bankers after only a few seconds, when a character stuffs himself with a line of coke in the middle of a nightclub. The rest of the hour evokes the first season at every turn: sex scenes without much preamble, betrayals, confrontations, tensions, etc. All the action remains articulated around the same trio, made up of best enemies Harper (Myha’la Herrold), Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Rob (Harry James C. Lawtey).
Crave – A new episode in English every Monday at 9 p.m. French episodes are dropped Tuesdays at 10 p.m. starting August 9.
The event: the National Bank Open
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Quebecer Felix Auger-Aliassime
TVA Sports goes into tennis mode this week with the Montreal National Bank Open, which this year welcomes men, notably Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov. The two star players have gone through their share of difficulties in recent months. Hopefully they will take advantage of the Canadian tournament to shake off their lethargy. As for the forces present at TVA Sports, Frédérique Guay will host alongside Richard Legendre, while Félix Séguin will describe the matches with Marie-Ève Pelletier. TVA Sports 2 will present the women’s counterpart of the tournament in Toronto, with Frédéric Lord and Vincent Destouches on the microphone. You don’t have TVA Sports? Note that TVA will exceptionally broadcast the men’s matches on Wednesday evening.
TVA Sports, until Sunday
Movie theater : The Sixth Day River
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The Sixth Day River is featured on MAX.
Like all critics, you come back from the cinema disappointed after having typed High-speed train (Bullet Train), Brad Pitt’s freshly released action comedy? Chase away that painful moment by watching one of three 1990s films starring the American actor that MAX presents. The correction (sleepers), by Barry Levinson (Saturday at 10 p.m.), is an excellent choice. Same thing for Thelma and Louise, that Ridley Scott classic with Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (Sundays at 2 p.m.). But we prefer period drama The Sixth Day River (A River Runs Through It). Directed by Robert Redford, this magnificent adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Norman Maclean can be watched with as much pleasure, 30 years later.
MAX, Saturday at midnight