Vertige (TV series)
{{short description|Canadian TV miniseries}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
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| creator =
| writer = {{ill|Michelle Allen (writer)|fr|Michelle Allen|lt=Michelle Allen}}
| director = Patrice Sauvé
| starring = {{ubl|Fanny Mallette|Noémie Godin-Vigneau|Normand Daneau|Germain Houde|Monique Spaziani|Marilyn Castonguay|Patrick Hivon|Sophie Nélisse}}
| composer = Normand Corbeil
| country = Canada
| language = French
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 6
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Jacqueline Bouchard
Sylvie Desrochers
Carole Dufour
| producer = André Dupuy
| location =
| runtime = 45 minutes
| company = {{ill|Pixcom|fr}}
| network = Séries+
| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|3|15}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2012|4|19}}
| camera =
| related = Fall
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Vertige is a six-episode Canadian television miniseries, which aired on Séries+ in 2012. Written by Michelle Allen and directed by Patrice Sauvé, the series centres on the friends and family of Daphnée Roussel (Fanny Mallette), a woman who has been in a coma since falling off the roof of the family business three months earlier.[https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/television/201203/07/01-4503323-vertige-une-nouvelle-production-originale-a-serie.php "Vertige, une nouvelle production originale à Série+"]. La Presse, March 7, 2012. The series was produced by Pixcom.[https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/television/201105/18/01-4400494-patrice-sauve-donne-le-vertige.php "Patrice Sauvé donne le Vertige"]. La Presse, May 18, 2011.
The cast includes Noémie Godin-Vigneau as her friend Jennifer, who wonders if the fall was a suicide attempt; Normand Daneau as her brother Adrien, who wants to take her off life support; Germain Houde and Monique Spaziani as her parents Gilles and Diana, who own the building but are being pressured by Adrien to sell it; Marilyn Castonguay as her sister Maya, who begins to suspect Adrien of having attempted to murder Daphnée; and Patrick Hivon as Daphnée's boyfriend Laurent, who also appears to have had potential motives to kill her.
The series received 13 Prix Gémeaux nominations in 2012.[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/06/11/vertige-et-apparences-dominent "Vertige et Apparences dominent"]. Le Journal de Montréal, June 11, 2012. It won eight awards, for Best Direction in a Drama Series, Best Writing in a Drama Series, Best Editing in a Drama Series, Best Sound in a Drama Series, Best Original Music in a Drama Series, Best Theme Song, Best Costume Design and Best Hair and Make-Up.[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/09/16/vertige-le-tresor-cache "Vertige et Apparences triomphent"]. Le Journal de Montréal, September 16, 2012.
Following its run on Séries+, the series was rebroadcast on TVA in 2014,[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/07/28/apres-series-vertige-debarque-a-tva-cet-automne "Après Séries+, Vertige débarque à TVA cet automne"]. Le Journal de Montréal, July 28, 2014. and was added to Netflix in 2018.[https://www.tvqc.com/2018/05/20/news/serie-quebecoise/vertige-la-serie-quebecoise-debarque-sur-netflix/ "Vertige: la série québécoise débarque sur Netflix"]. TVQC, May 20, 2018.
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