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Tessa

2015–2016 · 1 season

A sharp, warm-hearted look at a messy life, balancing classroom chaos with personal flaws.

Created by
Pieter van Rijn
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Thekla Reuten, Niels Gomperts, Stefanie van Leersum
Overview
Dutch remake of the Danish show Rita. Tessa is a single mom and high school teacher. Her students love having her as a teacher, but the adults think she's a piece of work.

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Created by
Pieter van Rijn
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Thekla Reuten, Niels Gomperts, Stefanie van Leersum
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • parenthood
  • work
  • sexuality
Places
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Created by
Pieter van Rijn
Starring
Thekla Reuten, Niels Gomperts, Stefanie van Leersum, Joes Brauers, Bo Maerten, Esmée van Kampen, Guido Pollemans, Lies Visschedijk
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 45 min each
Network
BNN
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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