# Lâcher prise

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. 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.
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, while the series has been released internationally on Prime Video under the title Let Go.
The series ended in 2020, after the fourth season.

## Awards and nominations

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