This Life

A tender, slow-burning family drama that sits with you, balancing the ache of mortality with the warmth of everyday connections.

Created by

Joseph Kay, Richard Blaimert

Genres

Drama

Starring

Torri Higginson, Lauren Lee Smith, Rick Roberts

Overview

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, grief, parenthood, death

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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