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So Long, Marianne is a romantic drama television series, slated to premiere in 2024. The series is a dramatization of the 1960s romance between Canadian writer and musician Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, the Norwegian woman who inspired Cohen's song " So Long, Marianne". The series was created by Ingeborg Klyve and Tony Wood, and is written by Øystein Karlsen and Jo Nesbø. [1]
The series stars Alex Wolff as Cohen and Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Ihlen, [1] as well as Anna Torv as Charmian Clift, Noah Taylor as George Johnston, and Peter Stormare as Irving Layton. [2]
The supporting cast includes Macha Grenon as Cohen's mother, Éric Bruneau as Cohen's cousin Robert Hershorn, and Kim Lévesque Lizotte as Monique Mercure, as well as Robin L'Houmeau, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Miranda Calderon, Tatiana Latreille, Ryan Bommarito, Emily Lê, Frank Fontaine, Christina Bennington, Megan Jonker, Sonia Berube, Rob Stewart, Chip Chuipka, Howard Bilerman, Avi Bendahan and Patrick Watson in supporting roles. [2]
A co-production of Norway's NRK and Canada's Crave, the series entered production in spring 2023, with shooting in Montreal, Oslo and the Greek island of Hydra. [3]
The series screened in competition at the Series Mania television festival on March 15, 2024, [4] with its broadcast premiere date still to be announced.
References
- ^ a b Jesse Whittock, "'So Long, Marianne': Alex Wolff To Play Leonard Cohen As Crave Boards NRK Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood, April 13, 2023.
- ^ a b Greg David, "Macha Grenon, Éric Bruneau, Patrick Watson and Kim Lévesque Lizotte join NRK and Crave original drama So Long, Marianne". TV, eh?, August 24, 2023.
- ^ "Leonard Cohen bioseries So Long, Marianne to star Hereditary actor Alex Wolff". CBC News, April 13, 2023.
- ^ Jesse Whittock, "‘Apples Never Fall’, ‘Hotel Cocaine’ & ‘So Long, Marianne’ In Main Competition At Series Mania". Deadline Hollywood, February 7, 2024.
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