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EXCLUSIVE: Florence Longpré’s show favourite Empathy has recovered caller buyers successful Europe and besides deed screens successful Australia. The bid is an original for Canadian streamer Crave and Canal+ successful France, who person already jointly greenlit Season 2.
Longpré (Audrey’s Back) created nan show and besides plays nan lead, a young psychiatrist-criminologist called Suzanne. The show follows her aft she takes a occupation astatine a unafraid psychiatric facility. Facing nan astir analyzable cases, and while struggling pinch her ain trauma, Suzanne turns to unconventional methods. Her colleagues struggle pinch her attack to cases, isolated from for information agency Mortimer (Thomas Ngijol), pinch whom she bonds.
The Guillaume Lonergan-directed bid has conscionable bowed connected SBS successful Australia and nan Movistar Plus+ streaming level successful Spain. Elsewhere, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais has snagged nan authorities for Portugal for its TVCine Edition channel. Greek streamer Cinobo has besides acquired nan series.
Beta Film, which besides sold Audrey’s Back, handles distribution connected nan Trio Orange-produced series. With Australia, Spain, Greece and Portugal income successful nan bag, we perceive deals for Asia and LatAm are being negotiated.
Empathy has been 1 of nan most-watched section originals connected Crave, nan Canadian streamer that is on a tear pinch this show and smash deed Heated Rivalry. In France it deed 10M views wrong 2 months of launching connected Canal+.
Empathy has proven to beryllium a show darling. Premiering astatine past year’s Series Mania, nan French-language show became nan first play retired of Quebec to play successful title astatine nan event. It went connected to triumph nan festival’s Audience Award aft receiving a 13-minute opinionated ovation. At Serielizados Fest it garnered a trio of awards, won Best Series astatine nan Venice TV Awards, and was nominated for Best Series astatine nan Rose D’Or Awards. Looking ahead, nan bid is presently nominated astatine BANFF Rockie Awards 2026.
A erstwhile Deadline Global Breakout, Longpré antecedently collapsed down nan lead characteristic of Suzanne, who has her ain acquisition of intelligence wellness issues. “She knows nan suffering that comes pinch that,” she told us. “That’s a logic she has this sensitivity for nan patients. She was sick and endured a batch of suffering. She cries a lot, she laughs a lot, and successful 1 measurement she doesn’t care. That’s a benignant of freedom, and that was besides very cool to play.”
