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A Year in the Life

1986 · 1 season

A slow, earnest family drama that aches with quiet loss, drawing you into its warm, melancholy rhythm.

Created by
Thomas Carter
Genres
Drama
Starring
Richard Kiley, Eva Marie Saint, Adam Arkin
Overview
A year, from Christmas to Christmas, in the lives of the Gardners.

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Created by
Thomas Carter
Genres
Drama
Starring
Richard Kiley, Eva Marie Saint, Adam Arkin
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • healing
  • memory
Places
  • home
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Thomas Carter
Written by
Bruce Franklin Singer, Stu Krieger
Starring
Richard Kiley, Eva Marie Saint, Adam Arkin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amanda Peterson, Wendy Phillips, Trey Ames, Jayne Atkinson
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 120 min each
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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