The event: Nelly Arcan – The fury of what I think
To mark International Women’s Rights Day, Télé-Québec presents this special one-hour program devoted to the work of Nelly Arcan, who would have celebrated her 50e birthday last Sunday. We are talking about a “collage” type show in which seven actresses – and not just any: Christine Beaulieu, Sophie Cadieux, Larissa Corriveau, Évelyne de la Chenelière, Julie Le Breton, Johanne Haberlin and Anne Thériault – take excerpts highlights drawn from the writings of the provocative and mysterious author, who committed suicide in 2009. The theatrical performances are interspersed with exchanges with the actresses, who comment on the subject. A realization of Patricia Beaulieu and Rafaël Ouellet.
Télé-Québec, Wednesday at 8 p.m. (rebroadcast Friday at 11:30 p.m.)
The return : A boy a girl
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A boy a girl
Since the many adaptations ofA boy a girl continue to achieve success abroad more than 25 years after the hatching of the original work in Quebec, no one should be surprised that Guy A. Lepage decided to resuscitate his fictional couple with Sylvie Léonard, the time of four episodes. After all, the formula still works, because every time we catch a replay on ICI Télé, we finish the episode with pleasure. The trailer circulating online suggests much more than just a nostalgic trip. The situations faced by the characters seem well anchored in 2023. If A boy a girl succeeds in his return, all hopes are allowed for The little life.
ICI Tou.TV Extra, from Thursday (one episode per week)
The Roll of the Dice: The Oscars
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The Oscars
What will the 95 look like?e Oscar ceremony? On the film side, everything indicates thatEverything Everywhere All at Once will triumph. With Jimmy Kimmel at the controls, we expect a humor that is more unifying than caustic. We also know that Rihanna, recovering from the Super Bowl and still pregnant, will sing Lift Me Upthe part of the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever for which she has the chance to win a golden statuette. As for the guests, one thing is certain: Will Smith will not be there. The most recent winner of the best actor award was banned from the gala until 2033 for slapping Chris Rock in the middle of the ceremony last year.
CTV and ABC, Sundays at 8 p.m.
The documentary : Nothing Compares
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Sinead O’Connor in Nothing Compares
Presented in January 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival, at the start of a year full of musical documentaries, this feature film revisits the career of Sinéad O’Connor. Director Kathryn Ferguson explores her glory days, at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, as she launched the albums The Lion and the Cobra And I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Gotwhich included his cover of Nothing Compares 2 U of Prince. Of course, the 90-minute film examines his descent, which begins on the show Saturday Night Livewhen she tears up, live, a photo of the pope to decry the scandals of sexual assault camouflaged by the Church.
Canal D, Wednesday at 9 p.m.