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, which premiered in 2017 on Ici TOU.TV. The series focuses on Alex, Tom and Lucille-Maude Noël, three young adult siblings whose lives undergo significant changes that send shock waves through their family dynamics, with each season centring on a personal crisis in one of their lives. The first season centres on the aftermath of Alex (

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) coming out as

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and breaking up with his fiancée Amélie (

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) after waking up from a brief

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following a football injury;Luc Boulanger
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'' La Presse'', December 6, 2019. the second season focuses on the aftermath of the accidental death of his fraternal twin brother Tom's (

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) husband Bastien (Marc Beaupré);Manon Dumais
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'', March 24, 2018. the third season unfolds with their younger sister Lucille-Maude (Sarah-Anne Parent) in a coma following an accident. Throughout the series, an ongoing storyline also focuses on the revelation that the Noëls also have a

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half sister named Shonda Diallo (Sharon James) whom they never knew, from a relationship their father Léonard (Richard Fréchette) had before marrying their mother. The first season of the series was directed by François Jaros, while the second and third seasons were directed by Guillaume Lonergan.

Awards

The series won two Olivier Awards for Best Web Series, in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, the series won the Jury Prize at the Are You Webfest in Belgium. It won two

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at the 32nd Prix Gémeaux in 2017, for Best Web Series, Fiction and Best Actress in a Web Series (Mackay). In 2018 the series won the award for Best Dramedy Series at the

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. It received eight nominations at the

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, including for Best Comedy Series, Best Writing, Best Direction and acting nods for Lambert and

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, and a nomination for Best Short Form Series at the

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.Richard Therrien
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'', September 28, 2018. In 2019 the series won an award for Best Digital Short-Form Drama Series at the C21 International Drama Awards.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 6649682 2017 web series debuts 2019 web series endings Canadian comedy-drama web series Canadian LGBT-related web series Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming 2010s Canadian comedy-drama television series 2010s Canadian LGBT-related drama television series 2010s Canadian LGBT-related comedy television series