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Blanche

1993 · 1 season

A quiet, earnest period drama that follows a determined young woman into hardship, offering slow rewards through its careful attention to place and feeling.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Blanche leaves her hometown to study nursing in Montreal. In1930s, women can't practice medicine. Works as a nurse in remote Abitibi, treating patients like a doctor. She faces sexist attitudes, confronts a corrupt boss, and falls in love.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • gender
  • work
  • class
  • love
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Created by
Andrée Pelletier, Louise Pelletier
Written by
Andrée Pelletier, Louise Pelletier
Starring
Pascale Bussières, Robert Brouillette, Marina Orsini, Patrice L'Écuyer
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 46 min each
Network
ICI Radio-Canada Télé
Country
Canada, France
Languages
French

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