Josélito Michaud

The elevator is therapy for a man trying to get to the top floor of an enormous skyscraper in the company of some of humanity’s most annoying specimens.

The show is a series of interviews between Josélito Michaud and guests aboard the Orford Express, the train traveling between Magog and Sherbrooke (in Quebec, Canada). Having experienced a significant event (bereavement, illness, accident, etc.), the guests share the way they have turned the page or given new meaning to their lives.

The story of a child abandoned at birth who is shunted around from foster family to foster family. Despite numerous pitfalls along the way, Olivier courageously and tenaciously learns to be confident about life, to accept the inevitable transitions and to hope for the better. His firm objective is to turn 18, be independent at last and have some control over his life without being beholden to anyone.

Josélito Michaud gives voice to people who recount aspects of their lives—in most cases ordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell. Delving into their personal worlds, with each episode focusing on a particular theme, he draws out uncommon realities, exploring a diversity of topics—and even some taboo subjects—to get to the heart of what it means to be human.