Marc (Antoine Pilon) never recovered from the mysterious disappearance of his younger brother Gabriel. Fifteen years later, the “adult”, passionate about ufology and living with his mother Micheline (Maude Guérin), still believes that his younger brother was abducted by aliens.
However, the return of his childhood friend Julien (Robert Naylor) into his life and the receipt of a letter that could explain the 8-year-old boy’s disappearance gives new life to Marc’s search for the incident. This is the backstory of the family drama Société stricte, a new series from Club illico currently filming in Laval.
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“Marc was deeply traumatized by the disappearance of his little brother. To make sense of all this, he found an explanation in the aliens after he found one [cercle de céréales] near the place of disappearance. He lives an unfinished grief and his trauma has frozen him in time,” said Antoine Pilon, who takes pleasure in exploring this “complex” and “extremely vulnerable” character, with the series written and directed by Benoit Lach navigating between those , which is the fruit of Marc’s fantasy and reality through a quest that becomes increasingly complex, adding elements of science fiction and thriller to its recipe.
It should also be noted that Marc and his mother have an unhealthy dynamic and feel guilty for what happened to the youngest of the family.
“We are finding paths full of possibilities that suit Marc and which he is delving deeper and deeper into. It will confirm his obsession and extraordinary things will happen to him,” added Antoine Pilon, referring in particular to Simone (Hélène Florent), a mysterious woman at the head of a gang with her right arm Vik (Rémi Goulet). Both will cross paths with Marc and Julien.
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Rémi Goulet and Hélène Florent were in Laval on their second day of shooting, July 12, their character arriving later in the first season of Distinct Society. PHOTO: MARTIN ALARIE / JOURNAL DE MONTREAL
“Our arrival will change Marc’s quest, but I can’t say too much. It’s fun to find the level, it’s mysterious, it’s concrete, but at the same time we’re somewhere else,” said Hélène Florent, transformed with a salt and pepper wig. The actress was on her second day of shooting when we met her, so she was in the process of filming her first scenes with Antoine Pilon and Robert Naylor.
“Our band will give clear answers to all this exciting puzzle,” said Rémi Goulet. My character is skinned. He didn’t have an easy childhood and he’s also looking for something,” said the actor, who will play Gilles Villeneuve at the cinema.
Returning to his childhood hometown, Julien, who is a teacher, realizes how much his friend Marc has been affected by the disappearance of his younger brother. “It pains him to see him like this, but it tears him out of his everyday life. Julien goes on a quest for Marc, he wants to help him,” said his interpreter Robert Naylor, who has red hair in Distinct Society. We will also see it in the second season of the Indéfendable newspaper.
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In between, Robert Naylor takes a look at a huge barn.
Juliette Gosselin embodies the emergency doctor Anne-Marie, Julien’s lover. “Anne-Marie is in control, but she’s going to have a hard time when her boyfriend reconnects with his childhood friend who arrives with his personal luggage,” said Juliette, who will direct episodes of Chef Oli Season 2 on Télé-Québec rural.
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Juliette Gosselin
The 10 episodes of the first season – three seasons are planned – will also feature singer Bruno Pelletier, who has already acted in Omertà, as well as actors Clara Bernardo, Antoine Desrochers, Luc Guérin, Kevin Houle, Dominique Laniel, Mohammed Marouazi, Luc Picard, Monique Spaziani and Pascal Tshilambo.
Produced by Blachfilms in association with Quebecor Content, the Distinct Society series will be available on Club illico in 2024.