Hard (TV series)

This article is about the French TV series. For other uses, see Hard.

2008 French TV series or program

Hard

Created by| Cathy Verney
Starring| Natacha Lindinger
Michèle Moretti
François Vincentelli
Country of origin| France
No. of seasons| 3
No. of episodes| 30 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers| Bruno Gaccio
Gilles Galud
Running time| 26 minutes/episode
Original release
Network| Canal+
Release| 9 May 2008 (2008-05-09) – 6 July 2015 (2015-07-06)

Hard is a French television series created and produced by Cathy Verney, airing since 9 May 2008 on Canal+ in France, and later internationally. The series focuses on the pornographic movie industry. It is part of the "New Trilogy" collection on Canal+.

## Synopsis

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After the sudden death of her husband, Sophie discovers through her mother-in-law, that her late husband did not run a successful software company, but instead produced pornographic films, with Soph'X being the legacy.

Bewildered and dismayed, at discovering a world she could not conceive of in a thousand years, she hesitates between taking over the company or selling everything to resume her job as a lawyer. To pay the mortgage held by her husband before his death, she has to decide to modernize Soph'X, until a meeting with porn star and pillar of the company, Roy Lapoutre, forces her hand.

## Cast

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### Recurring Role

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* Natacha Lindinger – Sophie
* François Vincentelli – Jean-Marc Danel / Roy Lapoutre
* Stéphan Wojtowicz – Pierre
* Charlie Dupont – Corrado
* Anne Caillon – Mathilde
* Claire Dumas & Alice Dufour – Joujou
* Cedric Chevalme – Rudy
* Jean-Noël Cnokaert – Philippe Boule
* Axel Wursten – Jules
* Jonathan Cohen – Vikash
* Corinne Masiero – Sonia
* Fanny Sidney – Violette
* Mehdi Nebbou – Rémi Capelle
* Michèle Moretti – Louise
* Claire Nadeau – Anne-Marie Teissere
* Valérie Kéruzoré – Armelle
* Michèle Laroque – Madeleine Fournier

### Guest

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* Anne Benoît – Madame Martel
* Cécile de France – Herself
* Denis Podalydès – Himself
* Élisabeth Margoni – Nadine
* Elli Medeiros – Eve
* François Civil – Tony
* Françoise Lépine – Françoise
* Guillaume Gallienne – Himself
* Lyes Salem – Henri Sainte-Rose
* Philippe Nahon – Daniel
* Philippe Rebbot – Nathaniel Micheletty
* Thomas Coumans

## Episodes

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* Season 1 originally aired from 9 to 23 May 2008, over 6 episodes of 26 minutes.
* Season 2 originally aired from 30 May to 20 June 2011, over 12 episodes of 26 minutes.
* Season 3 originally aired from 1 June to 6 July 2015, over 12 episodes of 26 minutes.

## International distribution

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The first season of the series was also broadcast in Hungary late 2010 under the title Derült égből porn, on the channel HBO Magyarország. It was proposed as a TV movie in two parts, the first lasting 74 minutes and the second lasting 78 minutes. Sky Arts started airing the first series in July 2013.

In 2016, SBS2 began airing the show weekly in Australia (with subtitles), starting with Season 3 and beginning with an introductory airing of three episodes consecutively on one night. SBS also offered the whole season available to stream on their website for Australian audiences. So far there are no announcements made as to whether or not they will air the first two seasons.

## Brazilian remake and HBO Max

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In 2020, HBO Latin America produced a Brazilian remake of the original French series.[1] The remake is available for streaming in the United States on HBO Max.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Hard (TV Series 2020- )". IMDb. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
2. ^ Serba, John (19 May 2020). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Hard' on HBO, a Porn-Biz Sort-of-Sitcom from Brazil". Decider. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

## External links

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* Hard – official site
* Hard at IMDb
* Hard on Sky Arts
* Hard on AlloCiné (in French)

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