The actress quickly revealed some secrets to host France Beaudoin.
“We swam naked in rivers and smoked weed before it was legal,” confided Louise Portal at the start of the show, accompanied by her box of tissues.
It was Damien Robitaille who played the first chords of the traditional opening medley with the piece Les Cornichons.
At the same time, the evening started well.
This once again well put together number by Jean-Benoît Lasanté featured actresses Catherine Trudeau and Dorothy Berryman, singer-songwriter Scott-Pien Picard, his sister Priscilla Lapointe, Gregory Charles and actor Patrick Labbé.
And shortly before the break, Marina Orsini, whose talent as a singer is known, offered the guest of the evening a piece by Tina Turner.
His father’s love
Pierre Lapointe came to sing Maman, Papa, a song that moved her to tears because she had a very beautiful relationship with her father. The latter, a doctor from Chicoutimi but also an author, went by the pseudonym Portal.
During her time with the Ursulines in Quebec, her father sent long letters to her and to her sister, who was with her at the nuns’ boarding school.
Mélissa Bédard, one of her many favorites, sang the huge hit “I Will Always Love You” with all the grace and talent we know from her.
…and his friends
Her great friends and co-authors of the book “A Summer of the Three Graces” – Marie-Lou Dion and Christiane Pasquier – offered her a passage from this book against the backdrop of freedom and to the tune of “The Heart Is a Bird” by Richard Desjardins.
We were also treated to his wedding singer Jacques Lavallée, who, just before the artists of the musical “Hair” performed, performed a traditional song that reminded him of the wild years of his early days in Montreal, thanks to the rendition of Aquarius and Let The Sunshine In.
The surprise
We have known for a long time that France Beaudoin and her team are capable of giving us big surprises on this set.
And this time was no exception as Claude Gauthier appeared to offer “The Most Beautiful Journey” to Louise Portal.
Despite his age, the great poet held on to that great fragility that has always characterized him.
What a lovely gift for both us and the guest of the evening.
Finally, Priscilla Lapointe picked up her guitar to sing Si Seul, a song she wrote and will soon be released to support various mental health initiatives, while set to the Pauline Julien classic, J’ai l soul to tenderness, that this acts The episode is over.
Next week we enter the world of Dominic Paquet.