TV series

Grey Home

1986 · 1 season

A sombre, patient look at institutional life that weighs hope against habit and leaves you uneasy about second chances.

Overview: A moving story about the residents of correctional facility, rejected by parents and environment. Going through a strict regimen of life in the home, they are constantly trying to reverse the fate in their favor. Although they were given a chance to change, their actions always return to the beginning. Constantly on the border between personal whims and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become humans, they remain as wolves who find hard to change their mood. What finally remains is a perpetual dilemma whether their fate is innate, or is it forced by the communities in which they grew up...
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, coming-of-age, crime, redemption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
coming-of-age
crime
redemption
fate
Places: prison
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild