Can You Hear Me? (M'entends-tu?) is a Canadian French-language comedy drama television series created by and starring Florence Longpré, produced by Trio Orange for Télé-Québec. Co-starring Ève Landry and Mélissa Bédard, it follows three childhood friends living in poverty in Montreal, who cope with violence, trauma and family dysfunction and use singing as an emotional outlet. Directed by Miryam Bouchard, it premiered online in December 2018 and ran for three seasons and 30 episodes, ending in May 2021. The first season won five Prix Gémeaux in 2019, and the series was released internationally on Netflix in 2020.
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Synopsis
The series centers on three best friends who live in a low-income neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec.
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Production
The series was an original idea by Florence Longpré, who co-wrote it with Pascale Renaud-Hébert and Nicolas Michon. Miryam Bouchard directed, and the music was by Tim Rideout and Mathieu Vanasse. Episodes of the first season were released on Télé-Québec's website beginning in December 2018 before the series aired on television in January 2019.
In October 2019, Trio Orange announced that Club illico, Netflix and ICI Tou.tv Extra had acquired the first season and that Netflix was also investing in the production of the second season which Télé-Québec would premiere on its platform and on television in January 2020.
Release
The series premiered on Télé-Québec on December 15, 2018, and ran for three seasons, concluding in May 2021. The first two seasons of the show are distributed internationally through Netflix.
Reception
A review of the series in a Quebec cultural journal described it as possibly the first intersectional Quebec series to achieve such success, and praised Sophie Desmarais's performance as the therapist.
Accolades
At the 2019 Prix Gémeaux held on 12 and 15 September, the first season won five awards: best lead actress in a comedy (Longpré) best supporting actor in a comedy (Christian Bégin), best writing in a comedy (Longpré, Renaud-Hébert and Michon), best direction in a comedy (Bouchard) and best editing in fiction (Isabelle Desmarais). It also won best comedy at Séries Mania in 2019 and the Rockie Award for best non-English-language drama series at the Banff World Media Festival that year. According to the producer, Longpré won best lead actress in a comedy again in 2020, and the series won best comedy at the 2021 Gémeaux.