Annie-Soleil Proteau opens up about her ties to the underworld for the first time in the new documentary series Criminal familywhich also discusses the connections of some of his relatives to the criminal world.
“This is what attracted me,” says the culture columnist of the Salut Bonjour weekend in the trailer unveiled on Tuesday, three weeks before the release of the six episodes on the Vrai platform.
A press release said she “once had close ties” to the criminal world and members of her family were “part of high crime.”
Annie-Soleil Proteau meets relatives of criminals who have recently been murdered or disappeared as part of this (un)search that she leads together with the journalist and presenter of JE, Félix Séguin. Both are associate producers of Criminal Family, a ROMEO & FILS production developed in collaboration with Quebecor Content.
Criminal Family deals, among others, with the journey of human trafficker William Robinson, linked to the Scoppa clan, street gang member Jean Raymond Claude, gangster Gaétan Sévigny, pawnbroker Roger Valiquette and criminal Guy Laflamme, killed by Gérald Gallant became.
Feelings of guilt and lack of information
Families feel guilty and remain unclear about the circumstances of their loved one’s death or disappearance. Even if he was a notorious criminal, he remains a spouse, a son or a father to her.
Because Annie-Soleil Proteau knows the reality of these families, a relationship of trust develops with the interviewees even before the cameras are in action.
As for Félix Séguin, all his knowledge and contacts within the criminal world benefit from this exercise in six one-hour episodes directed by Vanessa Cournoyer. It is he who narrates the journey of each criminal connected to the families encountered and even gives certain answers to the bereaved.
- The documentary series Criminal family will be available on Vrai on October 3rd.