TV series

Prisoners

2017 · 1 season

A quiet, brooding character study that unfolds slowly, letting tension and buried secrets simmer beneath a stark, intimate surface.

Created by: Ragnar Bragason
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir

Overview: After a lifetime of mistakes, Linda is sent to serve time in Iceland’s only women’s prison for a vicious assault that leaves her father in a coma. But no-one knows that she harbours a dark secret that could tear her family apart, a secret that could set her free.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, guilt, isolation, deception
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Created by: Ragnar Bragason
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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
guilt
isolation
deception
redemption
Places: prison
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild