Hard is a French television series created and produced by Cathy Verney, airing since 9 May 2008 on
Canal+
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in France, and later internationally. The series focuses on the pornographic movie industry. It is part of the "New Trilogy" collection on Canal+.
Synopsis
After the sudden death of her husband, Sophie discovers through her mother-in-law, that her late husband did not run a successful software company, but instead produced pornographic films, with Soph'X being the legacy.
Bewildered and dismayed, at discovering a world she couldn't conceive of in a thousand years, she hesitates between taking over the company or selling everything to resume her job as a lawyer. To pay the mortgage held by her husband before his death, she has to decide to modernize Soph'X, until a meeting with porn star and pillar of the company, Roy Lapoutre, forces her hand.
Cast
Recurring Role
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Natacha Lindinger
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Television
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1970 births
Living people
French film actresses
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– Sophie
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François Vincentelli
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Charlie Dupont
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Charlie Dupont was born in Tournai, Belgium. His acting credits include ''Hard'' (2008), ''Largo Winch II'' (2011), '' Let My People Go!'' (20 ...
Claire Dumas
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Alice Dufour
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Corinne Masiero
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- Sonia
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Fanny Sidney
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Michèle Moretti
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– Louise
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Claire Nadeau
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Michèle Laroque
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Michèle Laroque was born in Nice in the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is the daughter of Romanian dancer and violinist ...
- Madeleine Fournier
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Anne Benoît
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Benoît was trained at the Conservatoire de Versailles, under the direction of Marcelle Tassencourt. She later attended the Ta ...
Denis Podalydès
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Élisabeth Margoni
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– Nadine
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Elli Medeiros
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Stinky Toys
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François Civil
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Lyes Salem
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* ''Lhasa'' short 1999
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– Henri Sainte-Rose
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Philippe Nahon
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– Daniel
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Philippe Rebbot
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In 2004, Rebbot met the actress ...
– Nathaniel Micheletty
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Thomas Coumans
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His father Yves was a stage director, and he graduated from the Higher National Institute of Performing Arts (I.N.S.A.S.) in Brussels.HBO Magyarország. It was proposed as a TV movie in two parts, the first lasting 74 minutes and the second lasting 78 minutes.
Sky Arts
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started airing the first series in July 2013.
In 2016,
SBS2
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began airing the show weekly in Australia (with subtitles), starting with Season 3 and beginning with an introductory airing of three episodes consecutively on one night. SBS also offered the whole season available to stream on their website for Australian audiences. So far there are no announcements made as to whether or not they will air the first two seasons.
Brazilian remake and HBO Max
In 2020,
HBO Latin America
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produced a Brazilian remake of the original French series. The remake is available for streaming in the United States on
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