TV series

Nouvelle adresse

2014–2015 · 3 seasons

A tender, quietly devastating family drama that sits with mortality while finding warmth in ordinary domestic moments and honest conversation.

Created by: Richard Blaimert
Genres: Drama
Starring: Macha Grenon, Antoine Pilon, Marguerite Bouchard

Overview: Nathalie Lapointe is in her early forties, a single mother of three with a successful career as columnist at a major newspaper. Just as she’s starting to think she might be able to pay more attention to her own needs, she gets terrible news: the cancer from which she recovered two years previously is back. How can she break the news to her kids? How can the family plan for the future with this sword of Damocles hanging over them? Despite the shock, life goes on. Nathalie must cope with evolving circumstances at the paper as well as at home. She wonders if she can allow herself to fall in love with her daughters’ school principal. As for her children, they must deal with their own teenage life challenges, all the while knowing that their mother may soon be gone. Nathalie’s best friend and neighbor is particularly hard-hit by the news: she’s already suffering from her husband’s infidelity and from the absence of her son, who is overseas. Nathalie’s misfortune also has a powerful effect on her three siblings. They must re-think their priorities at a time when all three are facing crucial choices in their emotional and professional lives. For Nathalie’s parents Janine and Gérard, her illness makes no sense. How do you face the very real possibility that your child will die before you?
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, death, parenthood, grief
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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