''So Long, Marianne'' is a romantic drama television series, slated to premiere in 2024. The series is a dramatization of the 1960s romance between Canadian writer and musician

Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ...

and

Marianne Ihlen Marianne Christine Stang Ihlen (; 18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) was a Norwegian woman who was the first wife of author Axel Jensen and later the muse and girlfriend of Leonard Cohen for several years in the 1960s. She was the subject of Cohen's ...

, the Norwegian woman who inspired Cohen's song "

So Long, Marianne "So Long, Marianne" is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen. It was featured on his debut album, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen''. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 190 on their list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". ...

". The series was created by Ingeborg Klyve and Tony Wood, and is written by Øystein Karlsen and

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.Jesse Whittock
"'So Long, Marianne': Alex Wolff To Play Leonard Cohen As Crave Boards NRK Drama Series"
''

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'', April 13, 2023. The series stars

Alex Wolff Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother Nat in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series '' The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–09), which ...

as Cohen and

Thea Sofie Loch Næss Thea Sofie Loch Næss (born 26 November 1996, Kristiansand) is a Norwegian actress. Biography She started acting at the age of 8. She played a leading role in Eirik Svensson’s coming-of-age film 'One Night in Oslo' in 2013, which premiered in ...

as Ihlen, as well as

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Charmian Clift Charmian Clift (30 August 19238 July 1969) was an Australian writer and essayist. She was the second wife and literary collaborator of George Johnston. Biography Clift was born in Kiama, New South Wales in 1923. She married George Johnston ...

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as George Johnston, and

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Irving Layton Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following, but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001) ...

.Greg David
"Macha Grenon, Éric Bruneau, Patrick Watson and Kim Lévesque Lizotte join NRK and Crave original drama So Long, Marianne"
''TV, eh?'', August 24, 2023. The supporting cast includes

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as Cohen's cousin Robert Hershorn, and Kim Lévesque Lizotte as

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, as well as

Robin L'Houmeau Robin L'Houmeau is a Canadian actor from Val-d'Or, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2020 film ''Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)'', for which he received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Supporting Actor at ...

, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Miranda Calderon, Tatiana Latreille, Ryan Bommarito, Emily Lê, Frank Fontaine, Christina Bennington, Megan Jonker, Sonia Berube, Rob Stewart, Chip Chuipka,

Howard Bilerman Howard Bilerman (born September 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec.

, Avi Bendahan and Patrick Watson in supporting roles. A co-production of Norway's

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

and Canada's

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, the series entered production in spring 2023, with shooting in

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and the Greek island of

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. The series screened in competition at the

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television festival on March 15, 2024,Jesse Whittock
"‘Apples Never Fall’, ‘Hotel Cocaine’ & ‘So Long, Marianne’ In Main Competition At Series Mania"
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'', February 7, 2024. with its broadcast premiere date still to be announced.

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* 2020s Canadian drama television series 2020s Norwegian drama television series Crave (TV network) original programming NRK original programming Leonard Cohen 2024 Canadian television series debuts Upcoming Canadian television series {{Norway-tv-prog-stub