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Ik vertrek

2005 · 28 seasons

Warm, gently suspenseful fly-on-the-wall viewing as ordinary people gamble on a new life abroad and you root for them.

Genres
Documentary, Reality
Overview
A series of documentaries that follow Dutch people as they set out to seek their fortune abroad. We see their preparations in the Netherlands, their emotional goodbyes to family, and their first steps in their destination country.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • ambition
  • immigration
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary, reality
Starring
Edwin Diergaarde
Length
28 seasons, 348 episodes, 55 min each
Network
NPO Start
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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