The Night Logan Woke Up

The Night Logan Woke Up
FrenchLa nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé
Created byXavier Dolan
Based onLa nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé by Michel Marc Bouchard
Written byXavier Dolan
Directed byXavier Dolan
Starring
ComposersHans Zimmer
David Fleming
Country of originCanada
Original languageFrench
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersHarry Grivakis
Javi Hernandez
ProducersXavier Dolan
Nancy Grant
Jasmyrh Lemoine
Production locationCanada
EditorXavier Dolan
Camera setupAndré Turpin
Production companiesProductions Nanoby
Canal+
Québecor Contenu
Original release
NetworkClub Illico
ReleaseNovember 24 (2022-11-24) –
November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24)
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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 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.

  1. ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Xavier Dolan reawakens fans' interest with first series" Archived 2022-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. Montreal Gazette, December 2, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1714733084610838892 [bare URL]