What began as a simple physical connection between two classmates spirals into an intense attraction that neither can easily walk away from.
A pure, harmless, no-MSG teen drama depicting the growth process of high school cover song club friends meeting each other and finding their dreams.
Chen Jing, a folk music student, forms a band with her friends to challenge the dominance of Western music after being ridiculed for her lack of knowledge in the genre.
True Trans tells the story of Against Me!'s punk rock singer Laura Jane Grace who came out as a transgender woman in 2012, and the experiences of other trans and gender-variant people she met on the road.
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Fragile tells the story of two diametrically opposite families: the wealthy, influential Bachands, and the salt-of-the-earth Coutures. It’s also the story of an unlikely friendship, that of Dominic Couture (Pier-Luc Funk) and Félix Bachand (Marc-André Grondin). The pair’s mysterious death sends shock waves through their families and community, exposing jealously guarded secrets, dangerous liaisons, and hidden agendas.
With humour and compassion, Annie et ses hommes shows us the ups and downs of a modern family, focusing on the emotions and experiences of a woman in her forties. This dramatic comedy is a subtle portrait of a singular woman, Annie, and her clan. It’s a thought-provoking exploration of family life.
Nathalie Lapointe is in her early forties, a single mother of three with a successful career as columnist at a major newspaper. Just as she’s starting to think she might be able to pay more attention to her own needs, she gets terrible news: the cancer from which she recovered two years previously is back. How can she break the news to her kids? How can the family plan for the future with this sword of Damocles hanging over them? Despite the shock, life goes on. Nathalie must cope with evolving circumstances at the paper as well as at home. She wonders if she can allow herself to fall in love with her daughters’ school principal. As for her children, they must deal with their own teenage life challenges, all the while knowing that their mother may soon be gone. Nathalie’s best friend and neighbor is particularly hard-hit by the news: she’s already suffering from her husband’s infidelity and from the absence of her son, who is overseas. Nathalie’s misfortune also has a powerful effect on her three siblings. They must re-think their priorities at a time when all three are facing crucial choices in their emotional and professional lives. For Nathalie’s parents Janine and Gérard, her illness makes no sense. How do you face the very real possibility that your child will die before you?
Marie Lamontagne, a widowed mother of two in her forties, confesses to a murder she didn't commit to protect her daughter. Thrust into brutally unfamiliar and hostile surroundings, she first learns survival, then confronts the biggest challenge of her life: bonding with her fellow inmates and helping them take back control of their lives.
The story of families haunted, despite themselves, by a past that has not died.
Carl Hébert is a young and recently widowed father trying to find equilibrium in his life. But raising two children on his own-- a disobedient daughter whose skirts are shorter than her attention span, and a son who is gifted and artistic-- is enough to throw anyone off kilter. Add to this a lack of income and a grandfather, Carol, a failed military type who believes he is the family’s General, and you have the perfect recipe for a down and out knockout. But what if Carl worked out the kinks in his life in a wrestling ring? Wrestlers trade more than just blows and it could help refill his empty wallet. With the not always judicious advice of his new wrestler friends, Carl Hebert attempts to find meaning in his new life.
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At Gloria Private Academy, where stars are born, Beethoven was a fighter, until music chose him. In the prestigious music department, students who match the talent of legendary musicians inherit their gifts and names. Trading his gloves for melodies, he steps into a world where notes hit harder than fists, determined to win the ultimate competition.
Boys auditioning for the “Hana Doll Project." They all came with dark pasts in mind. They were not the only ones with secrets. The production company that sponsored ask them one condition for passing the audition; In order to "blossom" as perfect idols, the boys have to sign a contract that they will undergo an operation to implant a special “seed” in their bodies in exchange for their lives. There is no one who refuses. "No matter what the cost, I will make my dream come true." Will their determination blossom?
Former showbiz stars Roko, Hayu, and Nina live together in a dormitory for dropout idol girls. As timing would have it, young dreamer Sakura happens to move in with the other girls just as an announcement is made to tear down the dorm due to a 100-million-yen debt! This leads to the unexpected formation of a new idol group called Fruit Tart. Their sole mission: earn some yen and stop the demolition.
Welcome to the Centre Québécois de Formation Aéronautique – the largest public aviation school in Quebec – where young student pilots come to achieve their goal of flying for a living. Working to earn their airline, bush pilot, or helicopter licenses, the trainees are subjected to quasi-military training and intense challenges they must overcome. But that’s par for the course when you consider what’s at stake. These future pilots must be able to work under extreme pressure and be prepared to handle any scenario that might come up while they are in the cockpit.
Three-part biopic of the Liverpudlian songbird who would later find fame and fortune. It tells of her rocky road to fame and captures the essence of 1960s Liverpool.
The third iteration of Making the Band started on March 3, 2005, and aired for three seasons, finishing on August 10, 2006. It centered on the musical group Danity Kane. Home base interiors were again designed by Ron Norsworthy.
Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews. The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.