''The Night Logan Woke Up'' () is a Canadian thriller drama limited television series created, written and directed by
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature ...
.
[T'Cha Dunlevy]
"Xavier Dolan reawakens fans' interest with first series"
. ''Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
It is the only English-language daily newspape ...
'', December 2, 2022. Adapted from the theatrical play ''La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé'' by
Michel Marc Bouchard
Michel Marc Bouchard, (born February 2, 1958) is a Canadian playwright. He has received the Prix Journal de Montreal, Prix du Cercle des critiques de l'Outaouais, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian ...
, the series centres on the Larouches, a family in Val-des-Chutes, Quebec, who are coping with the death of family matriarch Madeleine (
Anne Dorval).
The series alternates between the present day, when prodigal daughter Mimi/Mireille (
Julie Le Breton), a prominent
thanatologist, returns home for the first time in decades. She honours her mother's dying request that she
embalm the body. The present is sometimes displaced by flashbacks to the early 1990s, when the young Mireille (
Jasmine Lemée) and her brother Jules/Julien (Elijah Patrice-Baudelot) were close friends with Logan Goodyear/Laurier Gaudreault (Pier-Gabriel Lajoie) until the event that shattered the family.
[Manon Dumais]
"«La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s’est réveillé»: secrets, mensonges et trahisons"
. ''Le Devoir
(, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...
'', November 24, 2022.
The cast also includes
Patrick Hivon as the adult Jules/Julien,
Éric Bruneau
Éric Bruneau (born April 21, 1983) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his regular supporting role as Liam Bouchard in the television series ''Coroner (TV series), Coroner'', and his starring role as Charles Rivard in the television series ...
as brother Denis, Dolan as youngest brother Elliot, and
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau (born August 18, 1982) is a Canadian actress and television host.
Biography
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau studied theater at Cégep de Saint-Laurent, then at National Theatre School of Canada, The National Theater School o ...
as Julien's wife Chantal, as well as
Julianne Côté,
Guylaine Tremblay, Jacques Lavallée and
Sylvie Drapeau
Sylvie Drapeau (born 1962) is a Canadian actress and writer from Baie-Comeau, Quebec.Marie-France Bornais"«La terre» de Sylvie Drapeau: se tourner vers la lumière" ''Le Journal de Québec'', May 4, 2019.
As an actress, she is most noted for he ...
in supporting roles. Much of the core cast played the Larouches in the original 2019 stage production of Bouchard's play.
The series premiered in Canada on November 24, 2022 on
Club Illico,
[ and January 23, 2023 on ]Canal+
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in France. The first two episodes screened in the Indie Episodic program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to 29, 2023. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 7, 2022.
Films U.S. Dramatic Competition
* '' The Accidental Getaway Driver'', directed by Sing J. Lee
...
. The series premiered in the US on Netflix later that year, on October 18, 2023.Prix Gémeaux
The Prix Gémeaux () or Gémeaux Awards honour achievements in Canadian television and digital media that is broadcast in French. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1987. Introduced as a French-language eq ...
: Best Direction, Best Leading Role in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Role in a Drama Series, Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Original Music.
Episodes
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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2022 Canadian television series debuts
2022 Canadian television series endings
2020s Canadian drama television series
Club Illico original programming
Television series based on plays
Television shows scored by Hans Zimmer