TV series

Dwelling Narrowness

2009 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally heavy drama that immerses you in the quiet desperation and moral compromises of city life.

Overview: Dwelling Narrowness (Chinese: 蜗居; pinyin: Wōjū), also known literally as Snail House, was a 2009 television series broadcast in Mainland China, based on a 2007 novel of the same name. It depicts two sisters struggling with life in Jiangzhou, a fictional city that strongly resembles present-day Shanghai. The Chinese name is a figure of speech meaning "humble abode".
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Class, family, corruption, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: class
family
corruption
betrayal
ambition
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild