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Martin Matte used pere de martin matte on Tout le monde en parle to frame Vitrerie Joyal as more than a new Quebec series. He said the comedy-drama draws on the life of his late father and reaches Prime Video on May 1.
The six episodes will also begin rolling out starting Friday next week. That gives the project a fast path from television promotion to platform release, with Matte positioning it as a local production built around family history and a 1990s setting.
André Joyal and the 1990s
Matte said he and Guillaume Lonergan combined their visions to create Vitrerie Joyal, and he wanted the 1990s to feel as faithful as possible. He also said he had to let his hair grow for the first time in 20 years to better play André Joyal, a detail that signals how closely the role was built around the era and the character.
André Joyal is written as a man under pressure from two directions: the move to computer technology in business and his son's comedic ambitions. Pier-Luc Funk plays that son, giving the series a built-in family conflict that moves the story beyond simple nostalgia.
Amazon and Quebecers
Matte was blunt about the platform relationship. “Ils prennent de l’argent et le donnent à des Québécois afin qu’ils fassent une série pour les Québécois, avec un budget de qualité, qui fait rayonner notre culture. Moi, j’ai de la misère à voir du négatif là-dedans.”
He added, “On chiale quand les plateformes investissent pas dans la culture d’ici et quand elles le font, on me demande si je suis à l’aise. Oui, je suis à l’aise.” For viewers, that means the show is arriving with the backing of a major platform while still being sold as a distinctly local project rather than a generic import.
Tout le monde en parle lineup
Laurie Doucet said she was expelled from her school and lost all her bearings at age 10, while Josée Lajeunesse described accepting mistresses and sex parties because she felt safe with the man she was with. Théodore Pellerin said Nino was the right film at the right time for him, and that he would not have been able to make it one or two years earlier.
Those other interviews pushed the episode well beyond a routine promo stop, but Matte’s segment carried the sharper commercial value: a personal family story, a local production claim, and a fixed release path on Prime Video. For anyone deciding whether to watch, the case is straightforward — Vitrerie Joyal is being sold as a Quebec series with a personal source, a six-episode run, and a launch date already set.
