TV series

Van Vlees en Bloed

2009 · 1 season

A slow-burning family drama with a tragicomic edge, where unspoken tensions simmer beneath everyday life.

Overview: The series focuses on the Vangenechten family of butchers. Business is going well until Rudy, the butcher couple's only son, suddenly returns home after years of absence. He refuses to say where he has been all this time, but he does want to come back home and work in the butcher shop.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, warm and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, sexuality, identity, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
sexuality
identity
betrayal
Places: workplace
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild