TV series

Virage

2021–2023 · 2 seasons

A quiet, introspective study of a driven athlete learning to live without competition, carried by raw emotional honesty and a slow, humane rhythm.

Overview: Frédérique Lessard, three-time Olympic medalist, is retiring. She decides to leave her spouse, with whom she had planned to start a family. Faced with emptiness, she will discover that life is not a race and will have to learn to live without performing. Freely inspired by the life of Marianne St-Gelais, but also by several Olympians.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, ambition, grief, healing
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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
ambition
grief
healing
sport
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild