TV series

The Slums

2009 · 1 season

A slow, crowded portrait of hard lives where many small stories quietly pile up into shared weight.

Overview: In one of the slums, a group of intertwined stories revolve around residents whose movement may extend outside this neighborhood due to work or study, and their fates intersect with the paths of some characters from other neighborhoods of the city.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, dark and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, survival, family, politics
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
survival
family
politics
isolation
Places: big city
small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild