TV series

Megantic

2023 · 1 season

A heavy, humane chronicle of collective grief that asks you to sit with trauma and small acts of courage.

Overview: Mégantic is inspired by the events that occurred during the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy in 2013. This fiction follows the destinies of Méganticois marked by bereavement and trauma, but also by solidarity, courage and heroism.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, trauma, survival, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
trauma
survival
isolation
healing
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild