November is here with its shorter days, its cold front and its tendency to make us tired and even cause a certain depression. In this list of cultural suggestions you will find something that will turn the blues of this difficult month into laughter.
Readings
bitumen and wind, by Vincent Vallieres
The singer-songwriter has the gift of telling about his travels, his encounters and his thoughts. This collection of texts written on the road and on tour is very good because it is full of poetry, sweet reflections and little beauties of everyday life.
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The descent into business, by Fred Pellerin
We can count on Fred Pellerin to bring magic to gray times. His seventh fairy tale book features well-known characters from his rich universe, including Toussaint Brodeur and the beautiful Jeannette, who learn together that the race to win often overshadows what matters.
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Movie
Just like Sylvain by Monia Chokri
The story of the intellectual Sophia, a university professor who falls under the spell of the construction worker Sylvain, brings with it crazy, unpleasant and downright absurd situations that often make people laugh out loud. In cinemas.
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Niagara by Guillaume Lambert
With director Guillaume Lambert, we know that the pilgrimage of three brothers who reunite after their father’s death will be anything but banal. Starring François Pérusse. On Club illico.
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Some series that will make you laugh on the platforms
Shrinking (tailored therapy)
Harrison Ford, here at the peak of his comedic powers, and the extremely awkward Jason Segel play therapists with diametrically opposed approaches in this heartfelt comedy that’s so good for the soul. On Apple TV.
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Derry girl
Be prepared to laugh out loud as you follow the story of these friends from the city of Derry who spend their youth – full of bad ideas – in tortured Northern Ireland. (*Watch with subtitles as her Irish accent is strong.) On Netflix.
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About Antoine
We laugh, we cry, we question ourselves and we find beauty in the little things in the life of the family of Antoine, a child with multiple disabilities. On Club illico.
Photo: Pascal Huot / TVA Publi
Enlightenment lessons
The ups and downs of Otis (whose mother is a leading sex education author) and his group of high school friends during the period of sexual exploration known as adolescence. On Netflix.
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Ted Lasso
The adventures of an extremely positive American football coach (who you just can’t fall in love with) who finds himself at the helm of a European football club, a sport he knows absolutely nothing about. On Apple TV (*from the same creator as Custom Therapy).
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humor
Boucar Diouf and Jean-Marc Parent
Boucar Diouf presents us his show entitled “Nomo Sapiens” in which we will reflect with him on the idea that humans actually descended from monkeys. Funny, scientific and intelligent.
Boucar Diouf, November 4th in Quebec, November 10th in LaSalle and November 25th in Joliette
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Daniel Lemire and Laurent Paquin
Daniel Lemire celebrates his 40-year career with a show in which he introduces all his great characters, and Laurent Paquin presents his Distracted Crocodile, which, despite its good-natured title, promises caustic, incisive, cynical, drooling and thoughtful humor.
Daniel Lemire, November 15, and Laurent Paquin, November 21 and 22, at the Salle Albert-Rousseau, Quebec
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