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Nouvelle adresse (2014)

Nouvelle adresse poster
Directed by
Richard Blaimert, Rafaël Ouellet, Louise Archambault, Sophie Lorain
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Length
3 seasons, 34 episodes
Rated
G
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single mother faces a terminal cancer diagnosis. She works to prepare her three teenage children for life after she is gone.

emotionalbittersweetseriousrealisticfamily-centeredcontemplativeintimatemelancholic

What happens

Nouvelle adresse is a Canadian television drama series, which premiered in 2014 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Created by Richard Blaimert, the series focuses on Nathalie Lapointe (Macha Grenon), a single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to help her three teenage children get ready for the future. The series was subsequently adapted into English as This Life, which premiered on CBC Television in 2015. The series garnered 17 Gémeaux Award nominations in 2015, including nods as Best Drama Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series (Grenon), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Patrick Hivon, Antoine Pilon, Pierre Curzi), Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Macha Limonchik, Muriel Dutil, Sophie Prégent) and Best Writing in a Drama Series (Blaimert). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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