La candidate (2023)
- Genre
- comedy television program
- Country
- Canada
- Length
- 1 season, 10 episodes
- Rated
- C8
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A single mother and nail technician agrees to act as a placeholder candidate in a Quebec election. She unexpectedly wins, forcing her to navigate the absurdities of political life.
lightheartedfast-pacedwhimsicalsatiricalunderdog storyquirkychaoticwarm
What happens
La Candidate is a Quebecois comedy television miniseries with 44-minute episodes, created by Isabelle Langlois, directed by Sébastien Gagné and Charles-Olivier Michaud, and broadcast on ICI Radio-Canada Télé from January 9, 2024, to March 12, 2024. The plot focused on Alix Mongeau, a single mother and nail technician who is accidentally elected to the National Assembly of Quebec after agreeing to stand in the fictional constituency of Dufferin as a paper candidate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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