Scripted series · Canal+
Once Upon a Time... Life
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Once Upon a Time... Life actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Once Upon a Time... Life reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.
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Latest Episodes
S01E26
And life goes on...
S01E25
Repairs and Changes
S01E24
The Chain Of Life
S01E23
The Hormones
S01E22
The Vaccination
S01E21
Toxin Wars
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Music
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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