A dream summer with family for Evelyne Brochu

For the first time since she became a mother. For example, Evelyne Brochu was able to enjoy an entire summer with her children, without shooting or theater contract. Furthermore, And she enjoyed every minute of her family vacation every minute.

“It was a dream summer. However, ” says the 42 -year -old actress and singer in an interview with Journal On the occasion of the release of the film Phénix.

“I have been on vacation since the end of June. However, I spent full time with the family, at the chalet, in the lake, in a canoe, with the children.

“It was the first time that I had a full summer summer and it was really fun. In addition, I take advantage of it because my children will not have that age next year. Furthermore, They are beautiful to see. Therefore, dream summer family evelyne brochu My 6 year old boy plunges and made backflips. Moreover, Just to observe them, it’s great. I take pictures with my eyes and with my heart. ”

Evelyne Brochu has come out briefly from her vacation this week to promote Phénixthe 2^e young Quebec director. Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr (Mad Dog Labine). Inspired by the filmmaker’s childhood. in the mid -2000s, the film tells the story of a soldier (Maxime Genois) who tried to get closer to his boy (Aksel Leblanc) before being deployed in Afghanistan.

Evelyne Brochu embodies the boy’s mother who must also live while waiting. the stress of seeing her spouse go on a mission.

A favorite

The actress says she had a crush on the scenario of Phénix When she read it, a few years ago.

“I find that in the films that make an incursion in the families of soldiers. it is often said what is happening after the soldier’s return, because it is more spectacular and that the sufferings are more serious,” she underlines.

“So I thought it was new. unusual to tell from a teenage perspective what is happening before the soldier was deployed in a war zone.

Your critical look at your father. how you live it when you know that he will go in a month and he may not come back. It is very intense as a situation, especially for a young person. When I read the script, I told myself that I had never seen this film. dream summer family evelyne brochu I was looking forward to telling it when I read it and I still find it very unique. ”

The shooting of Phénixwhich took place at the Valcartier military base, was also an exciting experience for Evelyne Brochu. On the spot. the actress was able to interfere in this universe by meeting families of soldiers and the mother of the filmmaker, who inspired her character.

“The actors. we do this for that, the immersion and the meeting of a universe that we do not know,” she says. I spent four weeks in Valcartier. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to meet these families by discovering how they work and their sense of solidarity and the community. It was very powerful. “

The film Phénixon display on August 22.