Viewers haven’t seen the last of Last Summers of the Raspberries (Le temps des framboises).

Montreal’s Trio Orange tells Playback Daily that Club illico has renewed its French-language Canadian series (pictured) for a second season, which is set to start production next month.

As with season one, Florence Longpré and Suzi Bouchard are the writers on the new batch of episodes, with Guillaume Lonergan (Pixcom’s Audrey est revenue) as director.

Both seasons of the dramedy are produced by Trio Orange president Carlos Soldevila and partners Julia Langlois and Annie Sirois, in collaboration with Quebecor Content. Season one of the series, about a woman who inherits a family farm following the sudden death of her husband. was directed by Philippe Falardeau (Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar).

Season two received funding under Quebecor Fund’s Support for the Production of Intellectual Property for International Markets component, launched in partnership with the Canada Media Fund.

Falardeau also helmed the new Vrai series Lac-Mégantic: ceci n’est pas un accident (Lac-Mégantic: This is Not an Accident), which made its world premiere at Canneseries in April and is produced by Trio Orange in collaboration with Quebecor Content. It won the Hot Docs Audience Award at the Hot Docs festival on Monday (May 8).

Trio Orange is also in production on a new psychological drama in collaboration with Bell Media and created by Longpré, who was also co-creator of Audrey est revenue. Longpré also stars in the still-untitled, 10 x 43-minute series, which will be released on Crave and is set in a psychiatric hospital in Quebec, says the prodco. The producers are Trio Orange president Soldevila and partner Langlois.

Meanwhile, production is underway on season two of Trio Orange’s Rockie Award-nominated Pa t’mentir (Ain’t Lying).

Such projects come on the heels of the Trio Orange team (pictured) winning the Television Award for Company of the Year from the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM) late last month.

Trio Orange is “committed to creating quality programs that reflect today’s society,” the company said in a statement following its AQPM honour.

Photo by Lou Scamble courtesy of Club illico