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.[1] 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.[2]

Lâcher prise
Created byIsabelle Langlois
StarringSophie Cadieux
Sylvie Léonard
Simon Lacroix
Éric Paulhus
Antoine Archambault
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52
Production
ProducersVincent Gagné
François Rozon
Production locationsMontreal, Quebec
Running time30 min.
Production companyEncore Télévision
Original release
NetworkIci Radio-Canada Télé
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2017 (2017-01-09) –
March 30, 2020 (2020-03-30)

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,[3] while the series has been released internationally on Prime Video under the title Let Go.

The series ended in 2020, after the fourth season.[4]

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations received by Lâcher prise
Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Prix Gémeaux 2017 Best Comedy Series Vincent Gagné, François Rozon Won [5]
Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Simon Lacroix Nominated [6]
Jean-Moïse Martin Nominated
Éric Paulhus Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sylvie Léonard Won [5]
Best Direction in a Comedy Series Stéphane Lapointe — "Dormir" Won
Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "Harmonie du soir" Won
Best Editing Natalie Lysight — "La crise" Won
Best Casting Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson Nominated [6]
Best Original Music Serge Nakauchi Pelletier — "Dormir" Nominated
Best Sound, Fiction Pierre-Jule Audet, Nicolas Dallaire, Stephen Georges de Oliveira, Arnaud Derimay Nominated
2018 Best Comedy Series Estelle Bouchard, Vincent Gagné, François Rozon Won [7]
Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Simon Lacroix Won [8]
Éric Paulhus Nominated [9]
Emmanuel Schwartz Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sylvie Léonard Won [8]
Best Direction in a Comedy Series Sébastien Gagné — "Papillons" Won
Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "Maelström" Won
Best Casting Pierre Pageau, Daniel Poisson — "Secret" Nominated [9]
Best Original Music Serge Nakauchi Pelletier — "Papillons" Nominated
2019 Best Comedy Series Vincent Gagné, François Rozon Won [10]
Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Nominated [11]
Sylvie Léonard Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Simon Lacroix Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Beaulieu Nominated
Best Direction in a Comedy Series Sébastien Gagné — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" Nominated
Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" Nominated
Best Editing in a Comedy Series François Larochelle — "À notre étage, les fenêtres ouvrent pas" Nominated
2020 Best Comedy Series Vincent Gagné, François Rozon, Nathalie Tremblay Won [12]
Best Actress in a Comedy Series Sophie Cadieux Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Éric Paulhus Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Beaulieu Won [12]
Best Direction in a Comedy Series Sébastien Gagné — "Voir que j’ai fait exprès" Won
Best Writing in a Comedy Series Isabelle Langlois — "Voir que j’ai fait exprès" Won

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