Aller Simple
| Aller Simple | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | No Return |
| Genre | Murder mystery |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Yan Turgeon, Rafaël Ouellet |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original languages | French, English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 42 min |
| Production company | Sphere Media |
| Original release | |
| Release | January 12, 2022 |
Aller Simple (English: One-way) or No Return is a French Canadian television murder mystery series, which was broadcast from January 12, 2022.[1]
Description
[edit]The first season of six episodes was directed by Yan Turgeon, with writers Bernard Dansereau, Annie Piérard and Étienne Piérard-Dansereau.[1] The second season, also with six episodes, was broadcast from September 13, 2023, and was directed by Rafaël Ouellet, while Dansereau, Piérard and Piérard-Dansereau were writers.[2][3] Season one follows seven passengers, who are invited to travel by helicopter to a French-Canadian billionaire's home.[4] En route the helicopter experiences problems and the pilot sets down in a woodland. Nearby is a cottage, where the passengers stay while the pilot attends to the 'copter and its damaged radio. Next morning one of the passengers is dead. Aller Simple stars Anick Lemay as detective Juliette Michaud and Jean-Nicolas Verreault as Thomas Rouclair, her wheelchair-bound husband across both seasons.[5]
Cast and characters
[edit]- Anick Lemay as Juliette Michaud: police detective
- Jean-Nicolas Verreault as Thomas Rouclair: Julitte's husband, wheelchair-bound, former fraud investigator, jailed for drink driving
- Jules Philip as Lieutenant Gobeil: Juliette's boss
- Métushalème Dary as Joëlle: police detective, Juliette's assistant
- Dominick Rustam-Chartrand as David: police assistant
Season one only
[edit]- Luc Picard as Denis Théberge: retired university professor, Ethics lecturer
- Caroline Dhavernas as Julie Sicotte: business woman
- Marc Beaupré as Guillaume Frenet: helicopter pilot, Robert's employee
- Rémi-Pierre Paquin as Pierre-Luc Jodoin: art dealer, Manuela's lover
- Éric Bruneau as Éric Dubois: Véronique's husband; unscrupulous, high-price defence lawyer.
- Nathalie Doummar as Manuela Farouk: engineer, Pierre's personal assistant, clandestine mistress
- Anie Pascale as Anne-Renée Lanctôt: former advertising agent, recovering alcoholic
- Samian as Éli Mandokan: retired police detective, security consultant
- Madi Chirara as Me. Marois: lawyer's assistant, works for Éric
- Karine Lagueux as Myriam Ladouceur: Pierre's wife
- Lamia Benhacine as Nancy: lawyer's assistant, works with Marois
- Sasha Migliarese as Amélie: police IT support
- Carla Turcotte as Cassandra Vanderski: prostitute, Denis' neighbour
- Vlad Alexis as Félix: police IT assistant
- Alex Bisping as Thibaud Gagné: police detective
- Germain Houde as Robert Beaulac: billionaire, six people given false invitation to his town, Samuel's father
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dumas, Hugo (February 16, 2022). "Finale sans retour pour Aller simple" [Final Without Return for Aller Simple]. La Presse (in French). Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Nolin, Stéphanie (May 2, 2023). "Découvrez l'intrigue et la distribution de la nouvelle saison d'Aller simple" [Discover the plot and cast of the new season of One-Way]. showbizz.net (in French). Retrieved October 5, 2024.
- ^ Vedette, Ed (September 9, 2023). "Anick Lemay et Jean-Nicolas Verreault prennent la pose avec les jeunes fermiers d'Aller simple" [Anick Lemay and Jean-Nicolas Verreault Pose with the Young Farmers of Aller Simple]. Novo Moi (in French). Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Ahearn, Victoria (September 6, 2022). "Deals: Vice, This Place, Sphere Media, Fuse TV". PlayBack. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ Nolin, Stéphanie (September 10, 2023). "Critique de «Aller simple : Survivre» ou un autre excellent chassé-croisé de mystères" [Review of "Aller simple: Survivre" or another excellent back-and-forth of mysteries]. showbizz.net. Retrieved October 9, 2024.