This Life (2015)★ 7.1/10
- Drama
Directed by: Louis Choquette, Louise Archambault, Lyne Charlebois, Paul Fox, Ruba Nadda
Written by: Richard Blaimert, Joseph Kay, Rachel Langer, Michael MacLennan, Maxim Morin
Family saga centering on accomplished columnist Natalie Lawson, a single mother diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her tight-knit family helps prepare her teenage kids for life without her.
- Original title
- This Life
- Storyline
- Set in contemporary Montreal, This Life is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family - sister, two brothers and parents - do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation. THIS LIFE is a funny, honest, heartfelt series about a regular family whose world turns upside down overnight. Faced with the uncertainty of life, each Lawson does their best to embrace the absurdity of the journey, while confronting the drama that comes with all of their choices big and small.
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 244
- Companies
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Entertainment One, Sphere Media
- Release dates
- CA October 5, 2015