Playback: Series of the Year: Empathie
Crave's Suzane Landry and Trio Orange's Annie Sirois discuss how Empathie's success is opening doors for Quebec stories in the global market.
Carve's French-lanuage drama Empathie has cemented itself as one of the most successful Canadian originals of the year, swiftly becoming the platform's most-streamed original title across all languages in 2025.
Created, co-written by and starring Florence Longpre, the series centres on a criminologist turned psychiatrist navigating her new role within a high-security institution. The series' rapid ascension, driven by its unique blend of dark comedy and humanity, gained further momentum with its reception at France's Series Mania, positioning Empathie for international expansion with a landmark coproduction deal with Canal+ for its second season....
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