by Find out which country “a guy, a girl” is the remake, because unlike a received idea, it is not an original French creation.
Chouchou and Loulou of a guy, a girl made the heyday of France 2 in the early 2000s, confirming that Jean Dujardin and Alexandra Lamy were very good at the comedy, their career after the series will prove it. Did you know, however, that a guy, a girl as we know her in France is not an original creation?
A remake of which country?
France 2
In the credits of the series, we can read that it is created by a certain Guy A. Lepage. The latter is a Quebec actor who has written series since the late 80s. In 1997, he interpreted the hero of a Quebec series entitled a guy, a girl, broadcast from 1997. For 130 episodes and 7 seasons, he gave the reply to Sylvie Léonard, and Guy and Sylvie, are local darling and loulou.
In Quebec, it is not a short format, but a 26 minutes per episode, which put Bout-à-Bout de petits sketches. We follow the problems of the daily life of the couple formed by Guy and Sylvie, imagined by a team of writers of which Guy A. Lepage and Sylvie Léonard are part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4ithbteia
As early as 1999, two years after the launch in Quebec, Lepage had the idea of franchising the project and making an adaptation for different countries, including France. “Our” version was therefore launched in 1999 and ended in 2002 after 4 seasons. Lepage is credited as creator of the series.
As reported by Here.radio-CanadaFrench production of the time opts for a very short format, so that the daily life of this couple formed by Jean and Alexandra was followed every day by the French. It also adds a caesura interrupting the sketches in order to constantly recall the concept, and takes up the “Blue against Rose” code which already marked the end of the Quebec version.
Exported worldwide
Success will follow in France, and Lepage will franchise its creation in many countries including Canada (A Guy and A Girl), Bulgaria (Tia I You), Greece (S 'Agapo – M' Agapas), Russia (Sasha+Masha), Serbia (Andrija I Andjelka), Turkey (1 Kadin 1 Erkek), Hungary (Brigi és Brúnó) and Poland (Kasia I Tomek).
Each time, the texts of the original emission are preserved, and adapted to the culture of each country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dmutnkdvi
A guy, a girl version Quebec experienced a revival from 2023 and still in progress today, with Guy and Sylvie back to the delight of viewers. In France, there is no question at the time of these lines of a possible return of the series with Jean Dujardin and Alexandra Lamy. One day, maybe?
