Quebec television will be in the spotlight on Sunday night during the 38th Gémeaux Awards gala. Beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, host Pierre-Yves Lord will honor the best series of the year as well as the actors and actresses who shined on the small screen.
Topping the list are “Indefensible” (14 nominations), TVA’s daily drama, and “The night Laurier Gaudreault Woke up” (12 nominations), Xavier Dolan’s critically acclaimed miniseries.
The financial thriller Before the Crash, the series inspired by the railway tragedy Mégantic, L’Échappée and Bye bye 2022 follow the front runners, each work has 10 nominations.
During Thursday’s Industry Gala, Bye bye 2022 has already won six technical trophies, including those for best costumes as well as best makeup and hairstyles.
The Night Laurier Gaudreault Awoke won awards for best music, as well as best photography direction and best editing for a feature film.
Remember that most of the Gémeaux Awards will be presented during the Industry Gala (34), which took place last Thursday, and the Opening Gala (44), which will take place on Sunday afternoon.
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“The Night Laurier Gaudreault Awoke” received 12 Gémeaux Awards nominations.
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A duel between Indefensible and Stat
The main Gémeaux Awards ceremony, where 17 trophies will be distributed, suggests several major clashes. In the category of best daily drama series, Indefensible and Stat (seven nominations) will compete against each other.
In the interpretation categories, nine actors and actresses from the TVA show compete against four from the daily newspaper ICI TÉLÉ. Among those named are Sébastien Delorme, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Suzanne Clément and Lou-Pascal Tremblay.
The best drama series we find are Before the Crash, Chouchou (six nominations), High Demolition, The Night Where Laurier Gaudreault Woke and Mégantic.
Evelyne Brochu has the chance to win an award on Sunday evening for her role as Chanelle in Chouchou, as does Éléonore Loiselle for Désobéir: the choice fell on Chantale Daigle and Julie Le Breton for The night Laurier Gaudrault Wached.
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Steve Laplante and Evelyne Brochu are both in the running for an acting award for their roles in the series “Chouchou.”
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Xavier Dolan, who directed the adaptation of Michel Marc Bouchard’s play of the same name, is in the running in the supporting role category, as is his muse Anne Dorval.
In the comedies, the series About Antoine, Complètement lycée, L’air d’aller, Les hommes and L’Œil du cyclone compete. In the interpretation category, Claude Legault (About Antoine), Fabien Cloutier (Léo), Catherine St-Laurent (L’air d’aller) and Christine Beaulieu (The Eye of the Cyclone) are in the running.
The 38th Gémeaux Awards Gala, organized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (Quebec Section), will be broadcast on ICI TÉLÉ, ICI TOU.TV and the radio website -Canada starting at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday.
The opening gala, hosted by Nicolas Ouellet, begins Sunday at 3:00 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on ICI ARTV and the Radio-Canada website.