A web series of fiction in six episodes of ten minutes each featuring Nichole. Originally from the Saguenay region, now established in Montreal, the self-proclaimed “rising star” is looking for fame and recognition in an attempt to break into the international music scene. Through a documentary project, over the course of one week, a small TV crew gets a glimpse into the singer’s daily life filled with devotion, hard work, courage and ingenuity. As a result, Nichole brings us to meet the valiant people who surround and support the artist’s dream : becoming an icon.
Shelter staff
Newly employed in an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness, Geneviève is shaken to meet a young woman there whom she believed to have succeeded in reintegrating when she was her social worker.
Marie-Julie
A high-class prostitute by choice, Nelly Arcan’s colorful life is recreated in a multi-layered and stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing Nelly’s alter egos: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Nelly shocked the literary world with her elegant writing and the lurid details of sex work in her autobiographical first novel, Whore, which became a critically acclaimed bestseller. Despite unprecedented success, Nelly’s remarkable life ended in tragedy.
