The novelty : Contact
After the last minute cancellation of the Upside-down world by TVA, Stéphan Bureau bounces back elsewhere with Contact, a show of long interviews inspired by a podcast he has been running for several years. The first episode is dedicated to Georges St-Pierre, who was supposed to return to the octagon this fall, before a shoulder injury thwarted his plans. With great generosity and honesty, the 42-year-old mixed martial arts athlete addresses a wide variety of topics, such as aging, his fear of being humiliated in the arena, his admiration for Elon Musk, his past of being bullied and the money. As for Stéphan Bureau, calm, he steps aside to leave all the space for the athlete.
Télé-Québec, starting Wednesday at 8 p.m.
The essential: Disobey: Chantale Daigle’s choice
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Éléonore Loiselle and Éric Robidoux in Disobey: Chantale Daigle’s choice
Well, some will say. After being offered exclusively on Crave for seven months, the event series is coming to the small screen. Directed by Alexis Durand-Brault (Mégantic), Disobey: Chantale Daigle’s choice relates a true story of which many adolescents and young adults today are unaware: that of a 21-year-old Quebecer who fought all the way to the Supreme Court to assert her right to abort in 1989. This drama biographical, which resonates particularly strongly in 2023, given the annulment of the judgment Roe v. Wade in the United States, is enhanced by excellent performances from Éléonore Loiselle and Antoine Pilon, both finalists at the latest Gémeaux awards.
Noovo, from Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Movie theater : Spoiler Alert
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Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge in Spoiler Alert
Adapted from the memoirs of journalist Michael Ausiello, this pleasant romantic comedy (with a fair amount of drama) relates the roller coaster romantic relationship of a TV columnist and a photographer in New York… until the latter contracts cancer dazzling. Fans of American television should enjoy this feature film directed by Michael Showalter (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Big Sick), if only for all these references to Felicity, this series from the turn of the 1990s and 2000s which remains, in our minds at least, a classic. Titled Spoiler in French, Spoiler Alert stars Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field and Bill Irwin.
Crave
In catch-up: Wildlife Handbook
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Virginie Ranger-Beauregard and Antoine Pilon in Wildlife Handbook
It’s your lucky day! Initially broadcast on Séries Plus in spring 2022, this captivating adaptation of the novel by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard is available in full – and free – on the internet this fall, in addition to being presented every week on Télé-Québec. So you can catch up on the first two episodes before catching the third, which will be presented Thursday evening. Directed by Christian Laurence (High demolition, The diary of Aurélie Laflamme), this miniseries tells the story of Kevin (Antoine Pilon), a millennial who dreams of succeeding in business by developing a controversial application. It’s dark, grating and brutally cynical. Also with Virginie Ranger-Beauregard, Rodley Pitt and Louis Morissette.
Télé-Québec, Thursday at 9 p.m. (all episodes are available on telequebec.tv)