Fortier (TV series)

Fortier is a French-language Canadian television series which debuted on the TVA network in Quebec from February 3, 2000, and ended on April 1, 2004. A subtitled version later aired on the English-language CBC Television network, as part of its now-defunct late-night Best of French Canada^[1] anthology series, then followed by broadcast internationally on TV5 Monde, and later re-showing again for the disability network AMI-tv on July 18, 2017.

Fortier
Genre	Crime drama Mystery thriller
Created by	Fabienne Larouche
Written by	Fabienne Larouche
Directed by	François Gingras (all seasons) Érik Canuel (season 1) Sophie Lorain (season 5)
Starring	See cast below
Composers	DAZMO Musique (seasons 1-2) Miklos Simpson (seasons 3-5)
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	French
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	42
Production
Executive producers	François Reid (seasons 1-2) Lucie Bouliane (season 3) Louis-Philippe Rochon (seasons 4-5)
Producers	Fabienne Larouche (all seasons) Michel Trudeau (seasons 3-5)
Production locations	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cinematography	Georges Archambault
Editors	André Corriveau (all seasons) Yves Chaput (season 1)
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Aetios Productions
Original release
Network	TVA CBC Television TV5 Monde AMI-tv
Release	February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03) – April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)

It was made by Aetios Productions, and the show's creator, writer and producer Fabienne Larouche.

Synopsis

Anne Fortier (Lorain) is a criminal psychologist from Montréal, who works with the investigators of SAS (Anti-Sociopathic Service), a fictional police division specialising in crimes involving abnormal psychology. Although their sordid crimes include those of a shoe thief and a pyromaniac, most of the cases given a lot of time on the series are ruthless murders, often serial killings.

While solving these cases Fortier and her colleagues must wrestle with her own murky past and several psychological issues.

Cast

Main characters

Actor	Character
Sophie Lorain	Anne Fortier
Gilbert Sicotte	Gabriel Johnson
Pierre Lebeau	Jean-Marie Dufour
Jean-François Pichette	Claude Mayrand
François Chénier	Étienne Parent

Recurring characters

Actor	Character
Carl Marotte	Jacques Savaria
Sylvie Drapeau	Louise Dusseault
Valérie Blais	Kathleen Giroux
Louise Marleau	Jeannine Ross
Alexis Martin	Thomas Sévigny (seasons 1–2)
Réjean Lefrançois	Armand Durivage
Louise Deslières	Suzanne Landreville
Benoît Dagenais	Fontaine
Paul Savoie	Roger Lefebvre
Danièle Lorain	Louise Garnier
Sophie Léger	Christine Forest
Jack	Fernand (le chien)

Notable guest stars

Actor	Character	Appearance
Roch Aubert	Alain Charest	"Dans le cœur d'une mère"
Annick Bergeron	Caroline Landry	"Trois petits chats"
Henri Chassé	Pierre Lemire
Stéphane Demers	Pierre Gagnon	"Soupçons et paranoia"
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier	Magali Simon	"Elles ne sont qu'une..."
Sara Leblanc	Johannie Desmarais	"Un petit lapin qui dit tout"
François Papineau	Claude Lizotte	"L'homme froid"
Steve Banner	Pierre-Paul Tétrault	Seasons 3–5
Anne-Marie Cadieux	Louise Marcotte	"Star académie" "Esprit de famille"
Patrick Labbé	Jacques Marcotte
Maude Tremblay-Harvey	Valérie Marcotte

Episode list

Season	No.	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Dans le cœur d'une mère"	February 3, 2000
	2		February 10, 2000
	3	"Trois petits chats"	February 17, 2000
	4		February 24, 2000
	5		March 2, 2000
	6	"Apparences trompeuses"	March 9, 2000
	7		March 16, 2000
	8		March 23, 2000
	9	"Soupçons et paranoïa"	March 30, 2000
	10		April 6, 2000
2	11	"Elles ne sont qu'une..."	February 8, 2001
	12		February 15, 2001
	13		February 22, 2001
	14	"Un petit lapin qui dit tout"	March 1, 2001
	15		March 8, 2001
	16		March 15, 2001
	17	"L'homme froid"	March 22, 2001
	18		March 29, 2001
3	19	"Du cœur au ventre"	February 7, 2002
	20		February 14, 2002
	21		February 21, 2002
	22	"Tout sera parfait"	February 28, 2002
	23		March 7, 2002
	24	"Un passé si présent"	March 14, 2002
	25		March 21, 2002
	26		March 28, 2002
4	27	"Peines d'amour"	February 6, 2003
	28		February 13, 2003
	29		February 20, 2003
	30	"24 heures"	February 27, 2003
	31		March 6, 2003
	32	"Que veut une femme?"	March 13, 2003
	33		March 20, 2003
	34		March 27, 2003
5	35	"La rue anonyme"	February 5, 2004
	36	"L'homme qui mangeait ses mots"	February 12, 2004
	37	"L'horreur du double"	February 19, 2004
	38	"Star académie"	March 4, 2004
	39	"Esprit de famille"	March 11, 2004
	40	"Windigo"	March 18, 2004
	41	"La forêt meurtrière"	March 25, 2004
	42	"Mauvais rêve"	April 1, 2004

Awards and recognition

The series earned Michèle-Barbara Pelletier as the role of Magali Simon a Prix Gémeaux took place on September 30, 2001, for Best Supporting Actress - Series or Dramatic Program from her appearance in episodes two and three ("Elles ne sont qu'une...") of the second season.

Four other Prix Gémeaux nominations were given in the category Best Supporting Actor - Series or Dramatic Program, such as François Papineau for the role of Claude Lizotte in two episodes ("L'homme froid") of the second season.

See also

• Television portal

• Television in Québec