True romance
The search for marital bliss leads two couples along a deadly path to criminality in French-Canadian drama C’est comme ça que je t’aime (Happily Married). DQ hears about the show from stars François Létourneau and Marilyn Castonguay and director Jean-François Rivard. From its opening scene, which begins with the discovery of four dead bodies floating face-down in a bloodied swimming pool, to interview scenes cut straight out of a documentary and the claim it is based on a book, it’s difficult to place French-Canadian drama C’est comme ça que je t’aime (Happily Married). As the 10-part series unfolds, it seems there’s nothing conventional about this “almost true” story of the Sainte-Foy killers in the 1970s. Blending crime and relationship drama with Coen Brothers humour, the series introduces two couples in crisis, who are confronted by their failing relationships after dropping off their children at summer camp. At a time when divorce is still taboo, their path to marital bliss leads them down a murderous path, turning ordinary suburbanites into Quebec’s most infamous criminals. Yet it’s to the show’s credit that the characters – Gaétan and Huguette Delisle and Serge and Micheline Paquette – remain entirely endearing and likeable as they find an unhealthy way to inject some excitement into their mundane lives. The Radio-Canada Télé series, produced by Productions Casablanca and distributed by Cineflix Rights, comes from writer François Létourneau, who also stars as Gaétan. It’s his latest partnership with director Jean-François Rivard, the pair having previously written Les Invincibles … Continue reading True romance
