It is unusual in a number of ways. The focus is on Antoine, a young boy who cannot walk, cannot talk, is autistic and has periodic epilepsy incidents. The father, Marc and mother, Justine each blamed the other without verbalizing it and divorced after which Marc met another woman, Julie married her and surprisingly the current and previous wives liked each other and took part in taking care of Antoine. Despite such a serious matter the story will often make you laugh in fact essentially this is a feel-good film. For me at least it is pleasant to see a film in a favorite city, Quebec City.
The second season starts out with a serious doctor talking to the three adults trying to explain what had happened to Antoine. It turns out that Antoine was the victim of some random cellular action and that nobody should be blamed. A new set of dynamics with Julie feeling she should give Justine and a chance to reconcile.
Georges, the brother is not ignored and is concerned about Antoine. He has been give some good lines.
Another character, Kaya seems thrown in for effect, but she, a trans female does not only add color, but does in fact contribute to the action.
Julie's ex boyfriend, Leandre plays a role in both seasons.
The Cast and crew are critical to its success. Here are some key personnel.
Claude Desrosiers was the director. He has one listing as a comedian which many of cast and crew share, Claude has 23 directing credits and 3 for acting.
Cathleen Rouleau was a writer and the leading actor, Julie. She has done many tv. commercials for the Quebec market. Cathleen graduated from the Ecole National de l'Humour. She has performed comedy at festivals n Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium. Cathleen has 4 credits as an actor and 3 as a writer.
Sylvain Parent-Bedard is the producer and matches many of the details of the leading male, Marc. He created the Festival Grand Rire de Quebec. He has produced shows for Madonna and Celine Dion. He has 28 credits as a producer. Also noteworthy, he is a big supporter of charities for epilepsy and autism.
Shawn Pavlin was one of he cinematographers. He has 33 credits for cinematography, 21 for the Camera and Electrical Department and 5 for the Editorial Department including "Mommy" (2014). The other cinematographer was Vincent Biron who has 63 cinematographer credits, 9 as director and 7 as writer.
Claude Legault played Marc, the festival owner. He has 65 acting credits and 10 as a writer.
Antoine Parent-Bedard plays the focal character. Despite his multiple handicaps he always has a smile.
Fanny Mallette plays Justine, Marc's ex wife who is still considered and acts like a member of the family. She won a gold medal in 1989 at Canadian junior judo championships. She has 56 acting credits, 1 for directing and 1 for producing including "The Barbarian Invasion"(2003).
Micheline Bernard played Margot, Marc's mother who lives next door. She has 50 acting credit including "It's Not Me, I Swear!" (2008) and "Matthias and Maxime" (2018).
Sylvain Marcel plays Patrick, a brother and business partner with Marc. He has been successful in television commercials. He has 53 acting credits including "Good Cop, Bon Cop" (2006).
Edward B. Laroque plays Georges, younger brother to Antoine. He got his first acting role at 6 years old. He has 9 acting credits.
Iannick n'Doua-Legare played Leandre, the ex boyfriend (they remain friends). He has 48 acting credits including "Starbucks" (2011) and "Three Pines" (2022).
Christen Marlot plays Kaya a trans female who helps Julie. Does fashion modeling. She has 2 acting credits.
I do want to repeat, this is basically a feel good series, although the condition of Antoine is serious. It is available subtitled and dubbed on Netflix, under "About Antoine", but if you care to check on IMDB or Wikipeida you will need to specify "a propos d'Antoine."
for the first season check http://www.therealjohndavidson.com/2024/07/a-propos-dantoine-or-in-english-about.html
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