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Cocaine, Prison & Likes: Isabelle's True Story

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Cocaine, Prison & Likes: Isabelle's True Story (French: Cocaïne, prison & likes : la vraie histoire d'Isabelle) is a Canadian documentary television series that premiered in 2022 on Crave.[1] The film profiles Isabelle Lagacé, a Canadian woman who spent several years in prison in Australia after being caught on a cruise ship in 2016 with more than 30 kilograms of cocaine hidden in her room;[2] Lagacé and her friend and travel companion Mélina Roberge, who was also arrested and imprisoned, had been recruited into the scheme by a professional drug smuggler, and agreed to participate because the cruise offered them an opportunity to build their brands as social media influencers by posting glamorous content from around the world.[3]

Roberge did not participate in the film, instead telling her version of the story in her book Sans filtre, which was published earlier in the same year.[4]

Produced by Urbania and Connect3 and directed by Sébastien Trahan, the series production was announced in July 2022.[5] The series was released in both English and French versions, premiering on Crave in December 2022.[1]

The series received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Factual Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[6]

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