The tragic death of Jenny (Viviane Audet), general manager of the Hôtel Dumont, weighs heavily on the conscience of her best friend, Sarah (Marie-Evelyne Lessard) and on the heart of her mother Victoria (Nathalie Coupal).
His urn had barely been put in the ground when a race for the leadership of the hotel, in this case the Saint-Sulpice hotel located in the Old Port of Montreal, was already fiercely underway. Behind the smiles of its dedicated staff and its closed doors hide many secrets, but also stories of impossible love, family conflicts, betrayals, greed and a healthy dose of ambition.
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Marie-Evelyne Lessard plays the new manager of the Hôtel Dumont in “Hôtel”.
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Patrice Belanger and Marie-Evelyne Lessard
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Patrice Belanger and Nathalie Coupal
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Olivier Gervais-Courchesne and Kim Despatis play brother and sister
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Olivier Gervais-Courchesne and Emmanuel Schwartz
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Olivia Palacci plays a chef
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Emmanuel Schwartz and Nathalie Coupal
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Eve Lemieux
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Myriam Fournier
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Catherine Chabot
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Christian De la Cortina
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Mireille Metellus
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Olivier Gervais-Courchesne
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Gabrielle Fontaine
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Olivia Palacci
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For the quartet of authors, Nathalie Bourdelais, Rachel Cardillo, Marie-Frédérique Laberge-Milot and Annie Langlois, it was the playground par excellence to nurture and harbor this illusion of perfect life.
With its new fiction, “Hotel” – heiress of “O'” – TVA returns to the annual series and original productions in the Thursday evening box, 8 p.m., recently occupied by the Americans.
“There is a fairly comical, light angle, but suddenly there are times when we settle down and it becomes more gripping,” commented Éric Tessier, who directed the first block of 12 episodes, on Monday. a round table in which the QMI Agency took part.
Built in the studio while the province was going through a shortage of materials and labour, the hushed decors give this “soap”, whose intrigues are sometimes predictable, a rather successful chic look.
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The slums of the hotel industry
Duplicated in 24 one-hour episodes, “Hotel” looks behind the scenes of the hotel industry; “It’s less beautiful downstairs, it’s all about renovating upstairs,” said the show’s producer for Sovimage, Sophie Deschênes.
“Poor Hugo, he’s in debt and his family doesn’t know about it. He does business with people who spend and who roll with a lot of money, whereas he does not have these means, ”added the producer, stressing that his descent is likely to be abrupt.
Hugo (Patrice Bélanger), assistant director, is counting on a promotion to pay off his debts, but Guillaume (Emmanuel Schwartz), Jenny’s (Machiavellian) twin brother, will be able to put a spoke in his wheels. It must be said that the latter has all the faults of a son of a rich man; spoiled, profiteering, arrogant; he knows how to use his charms to get what he wants.
Ève Lemieux, who plays the role of a maid, faces a gambling addiction problem. Olivia Palacci plays the tough chef, while Jeff Boudreault, Olivier Gervais-Courchesne, Gabrielle Fontaine and Myriam Fournier complete the staff of the Hotel Dumont.