''Adulthood'' () is a Canadian comedy-drama
web series
A web series (also known as webseries, short-form series, and web show) is a series of short scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet (i.e. World Wide Web), which first emerged in the late 1 ...
, 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 (
Mickaël Gouin) coming out as
gay and breaking up with his fiancée Amélie (
Mylène Mackay) after waking up from a brief
coma
A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to Nociception, respond normally to Pain, painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal Circadian rhythm, sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate ...
following a football injury;
[Luc Boulanger]
"Un prix international pour L’âge adulte"
'' La Presse'', December 6, 2019. the second season focuses on the aftermath of the accidental death of his fraternal twin brother Tom's (
Guillaume Lambert) husband Bastien (Marc Beaupré);
[Manon Dumais]
"«L’âge adulte»: Guillaume Lambert et le danger tranquille"
''Le Devoir
(, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...
'', 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
Black Canadian 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 François Jaros (born October 15, 1985) is a Canadian film and television director from Montreal, Quebec.
He is a two-time winner of the award for Best Live Action Short Film at the Prix Jutra/Iris, winning at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for ' ...
, 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 Prix Gémeaux 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 Vancouver Web Series Festival. It received eight nominations at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival, including for Best Comedy Series, Best Writing, Best Direction and acting nods for Lambert and Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, and a nomination for Best Short Form Series at the International Digital Emmy Awards.[Richard Therrien]
"«L'âge adulte» aux International Emmy Awards"
'' Le Soleil'', 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
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2017 web series debuts
2019 web series endings
Canadian comedy-drama web series
Canadian LGBTQ-related web series
Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
2010s Canadian comedy-drama television series
2010s Canadian LGBTQ-related drama television series
2010s Canadian LGBTQ-related comedy television series