Lâcher prise, also known in English as Freefall or Let Go, is a Canadian television comedy series, which premiered in 2017 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé."Pas de répit pour Valérie". Le Devoir, January 7, 2017. The series stars Sophie Cadieux as Valérie Danault, a single mother struggling to keep it together after suffering burnout in her professional and personal life."Lâcher prise: répliques assassines entre mère et fille". La Presse, June 21, 2016.
The cast also includes Sylvie Léonard as her mother Madeleine; Simon Lacroix as her ex-husband Éric, who left her when he came out as gay; Éric Paulhus as his new husband Kevin; and Antoine Archambault as her son Thomas; as well as Jean-Moïse Martin, Christine Beaulieu, Gildor Roy, Emmanuel Schwartz, Suzanne Champagne and Émilie Bierre.
In 2018, OutTV added the program to its schedule, airing it under the title Freefall with English language subtitles,"Survol de la rentrée télé 2018". Fugues, September 27, 2018. while the series has been released internationally on Prime Video under the title Let Go.
The series ended in 2020, after the fourth season.Richard Therrien, "La quatrième saison de Lâcher prise sera la dernière". La Presse, December 17, 2019.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Prix Gémeaux 2017 Best Comedy Series Vincent Gagné, François Rozon "Prix Gémeaux: Lâcher prise et Feux couronnées". La Presse, September 17, 2017. Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Simon Lacroix "Palmarès des émissions qui ont le plus de nominations aux Gémeaux". Ici Radio-Canada, June 15, 2017. Jean-Moïse Martin Éric Paulhus Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sylvie Léonard Best Direction in a Comedy Series Stéphane Lapointe — "Dormir" Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "Harmonie du soir" Best Editing Natalie Lysight — "La crise" Best Casting Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson Best Original Music Sei Nakauchi Pelletier — "Dormir" Best Sound, Fiction Pierre-Jule Audet, Nicolas Dallaire, Stephen Georges de Oliveira, Arnaud Derimay 2018 Best Comedy Series Estelle Bouchard, Vincent Gagné, François Rozon "Plan B, District 31, Unité 9 et Lâcher prise récompensées au 33e gala des Gémeaux". Ici Radio-Canada, September 16, 2018. Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Simon Lacroix "Gémeaux : Johanne Fontaine, Gildor Roy et Lâcher prise récompensés à l’Avant-première". Ici Radio-Canada, September 16, 2018. Éric Paulhus "Prix Gémeaux 2018 : District 31 et Fugueuse font la course en tête". Ici Radio-Canada, June 14, 2018. Emmanuel Schwartz Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sylvie Léonard Best Direction in a Comedy Series Sébastien Gagné — "Papillons" Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "Maelström" Best Casting Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson — "Secret" Best Original Music Sei Nakauchi Pelletier — "Papillons" 2019 Best Comedy Series Vincent Gagné, François Rozon Andrée Laurin, "Voici tous les gagnants des 34es Prix Gémeaux". HollywoodPQ, September 15, 2019. Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Stéphanie Nolin, "Nominations Prix Gémeaux 2019 : District 31 toujours grand favori". Showbizz, June 13, 2019. Sylvie Léonard Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Simon Lacroix Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Beaulieu Best Direction in a Comedy Series Sébastien Gagné — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" Best Editing in a Comedy Series François Larochelle — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" 2020 Best Comedy Series Vincent Gagné, François Rozon, Nathalie Tremblay "Qui a remporté un Gémeaux dimanche soir?". Ici Radio-Canada, September 21, 2020. Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Éric Paulhus Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Beaulieu Best Direction in a Comedy Series Sébastien Gagné — "Voir que j’ai fait exprès" Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "Voir que j’ai fait exprès"
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