‘Empathie’ Renewed For Season 2 At Crave & Canal+
EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Crave and France’s Canal+ are stepping into for an additional spherical of empathy.
The French and Canadian gamers have recommissioned Empathie from creator and star Florence Longpré shortly earlier than Season 1 launches on Canal+.
Exploring the depths of psychological sickness, Empathie tells the story of Suzanne (Longpré), a criminologist-turned-psychiatrist who goes to work on the Institut psychiatrique Mont-Royal. There, she befriends Mortimer, an intriguing safety officer, and meets quite a lot of sufferers with compelling tales.
Empathie is Crave and Canal+’s first joint challenge. Season 1 has been successful for Crave, with the Bell Media-owned streamer saying it’s the second hottest authentic sequence for the reason that launch of the platform and the top-watched Crave authentic this 12 months throughout all languages in Canada. Empathie received the Viewers Award at France’s Séries Mania earlier this 12 months. Season 1 launches on Canal+ on September 1.
“Placing ourselves in another person’s sneakers, understanding them, and sharing their emotions is the best journey we will take from the couches in our dwelling rooms,” stated Longpré.
Suzane Landry, Bell Media’s Vice-President, Content material Growth, Programming and Information, added: “Constructing on the exceptional success of Empathie on Crave, we’re proud to current this exceptional work to a brand new viewers. Our partnership with Canal+ illustrates Bell Media’s give attention to making nice authentic sequence that resonate at residence and overseas.”
Produced by Trio Orange in collaboration with Bell, Empathie is written by Longpré and directed by Guillaume Lonergan. The sequence is produced with the participation of the SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) Movie and Tv Tax Credit score, the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Movie or Video Manufacturing Tax Credit score, SODEC Québec, the TELUS Fund, the Quebecor Fund and the Unbiased Manufacturing Fund for COGECO. Worldwide distribution in French-speaking territories is dealt with by Trio Orange, whereas different territories are dealt with by Beta Group.
