EXCLUSIVE: Quebecois series Audrey’s Back (10×30’) is heading overseas after Beta sold rights for the Pixcom-produced dramedy to two of Europe’s majors, France’s Canal+ and Italy’s pubcaster RAI.The project was the first Quebecois series to be selected at Canneseries earlier this year, winning won both the Grand Prix Dior and the festival’s Special Interpretation Award.The French-language dramedy follows Audrey, played by Florence Longpré, who miraculously wakes up from a coma after 16 years.
Now in her thirties, she needs to not only adjust to a vastly different world but must re-learn how to speak, count, walk, and do everything that was once considered “normal”.
Audrey’s awakening profoundly affects not only her life but inspires those around her.Lead Florence Longpré co-wrote the series during the Covid-19 lockdown with co-author Guillaume Lambert (Adulthood).
Also starring are Denis Bouchard, Josée Deschênes, and Zeneb Blanchet. Pixcom produces in collaboration with Quebecor Media.
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