TV series

World's End

2011 · 1 season

A wry, offbeat Nordic comedy-drama that finds warmth and absurdity inside institutional bleakness, mixing gentle rebellion with melancholy.

Overview: Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The hospital, referred to as ‘World’s End’ is a last resort for many mental patients, many of whom consider it a home. Elementary school teacher, Einar, is committed against his will after a severe nervous breakdown and is critical about how things are run at the hospital and before long he has most of the patients on his side, rooting for change. Einar, along with the other patients, stages a revolution and takes over the hospital, declaring its a state within a state, a Utopia for the mentally ill.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, satirical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Madness, isolation, rebellion, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
isolation
rebellion
identity
trauma
Places: hospital
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild