The Night Logan Woke Up (French: La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé) is a Canadian thriller drama limited television series, directed by Xavier Dolan and released in 2022.[1] Adapted from the theatrical play La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé by Michel Marc Bouchard, 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 Night Logan Woke Up | |
|---|---|
| French | La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé |
| Created by | Xavier Dolan |
| Based on | La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé by Michel Marc Bouchard |
| Written by | Xavier Dolan |
| Directed by | Xavier Dolan |
| Starring |
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| Composers | Hans Zimmer David Fleming |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | French |
| No. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Harry Grivakis Javi Hernandez |
| Producers | Xavier Dolan Nancy Grant Jasmyrh Lemoine |
| Production location | Canada |
| Editor | Xavier Dolan |
| Camera setup | André Turpin |
| Production companies | Productions Nanoby Canal+ Québecor Contenu |
| Original release | |
| Network | Club Illico |
| Release | November 24 – November 24, 2022 |
The series alternates between the present day, when prodigal daughter Mimi/Mireille (Julie Le Breton), a prominent thanatologist who returns home for the first time in decades to honour her mother's dying request that she come home to embalm the body, and the early 1990s, when 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.[2]
The cast also includes Patrick Hivon as the adult Jules/Julien, Éric Bruneau as brother Denis, Dolan as youngest brother Elliot and Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Julien's wife Chantal, as well as Julianne Côté, Guylaine Tremblay, Jacques Lavallée and Sylvie Drapeau in supporting roles. Much of the core cast played the Larouches in the original 2019 stage production of Bouchard's play.[3]
The series premiered in Canada on November 24, 2022 on Club Illico,[2] and January 23, 2023 on Canal+ in France.[4] The first two episodes screened in the Indie Episodic program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.[5] The series premiered in the US on Netflix on October 18, 2023.[6]
The series won six Prix Gémeaux: 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
edit| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La nuit où Madeleine est morte" | Xavier Dolan | Xavier Dolan | November 24, 2022 |
| 2 | "La nuit où Mireille était reparue" | Xavier Dolan | Xavier Dolan | November 24, 2022 |
| 3 | "La nuit où Chantal avait compris" | Xavier Dolan | Xavier Dolan | November 24, 2022 |
| 4 | "La nuit où Julien avait pris peur" | Xavier Dolan | Xavier Dolan | November 24, 2022 |
| 5 | "La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé" | Xavier Dolan | Xavier Dolan | November 24, 2022 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award / Festival | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Prix Gémeaux | Best Drama Series | Xavier Dolan, Nancy Grant | Nominated | [7] |
| Best Direction - Drama Series | Xavier Dolan | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Writing - Drama Series | Xavier Dolan | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Best Cinematography - Drama | André Turpin | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Editing - Fiction | Xavier Dolan and Stéphane Lafleur | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Leading Role in a Drama Series | Patrick Hivon | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Leading Role in a Drama Series | Julie LeBreton | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Best Supporting Role in a Drama Series | Anne Dorval | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Supporting Role in a Drama Series | Xavier Dolan | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Best Original Music - Drama | David Fleming and Hans Zimmer | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Make-Up/Hair | Christophe Giraud, Erik Gosselin, Colette Martel and Edwina Voda | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Best Set Design | Carolyne de Bellefeuille, Elise de Blois and Pascale Deschênes | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Film Festival Cologne | The Hollywood Reporter Award | Xavier Dolan | Won | [9] |
References
edit- ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Xavier Dolan reawakens fans' interest with first series" Archived 2022-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. Montreal Gazette, December 2, 2022.
- ^ a b Manon Dumais, "«La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s’est réveillé»: secrets, mensonges et trahisons" Archived 2023-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Le Devoir, November 24, 2022.
- ^ Guillaume Picard, "Patrick Hivon crève l’écran dans la série de Xavier Dolan, «La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s’est réveillé»" Archived 2022-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal de Montréal, November 28, 2022.
- ^ Guillaume Picard, "«La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s’est réveillé»: un thriller psychologique haletant" Archived 2022-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. TVA Nouvelles, November 23, 2022.
- ^ Noel Ransome, "Xavier Dolan’s TV project ‘The Night Logan Woke Up’ heading to Sundance" Archived 2022-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, December 13, 2022.
- ^ https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1714733084610838892 [bare URL]
- ^ a b c d e f "Prix Gémeaux | Liste des Finalistes 2023" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (in French). 15 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Gala des 38es Prix Gémeaux | Liste des lauréat.e.s en ordre de déroulement" (PDF). Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Awards 2023 | Film Festival Cologne". Film Festival Cologne (in German). 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.