Entered into: Best non-English language drama (series)



Produced by: Trio Orange

For: Crave

Distributed by: Trio Orange International



Empathy is a chilling descent into a little-known aspect of incarceration: a psychiatric institute where detainees number among the most unusual psychiatric cases in Quebec. The ten 43-minute-long episodes of this psychological series carry the creator’s signature comedic-dramatic tone. Tackling this heavy subject with the humour and sensitivity she is known for, the series delivers a compassionate and compelling story. It combines the mystery surrounding the unique character of criminologist and psychiatrist Suzanne (played by Florence Longpré), the troubled pasts and treatments of the detainees-patients, and the murky psychiatric institute that reveals itself as each case unfolds.