

46 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestBlanche leaves her hometown to study nursing in Montreal. In1930s, women can't practice medicine. Works as a nurse in remote Abitibi, treating patients like a doctor. She faces sexist attitudes, confronts a corrupt boss, and falls in love.
Acting
Bussières carries every scene with quiet steel
Production
Gritty Abitibi winter you can feel through the screen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real women who practiced medicine illegally in rural Quebec; the Pelletier sisters spent years researching archives in Abitibi.
Pascale Bussières learned basic surgical techniques for the role and performed several procedures on camera without doubles.