TV series
The Storm
2018–2022 · 3 seasons
A slow, absorbing family saga that lets you live through a country's upheaval one household at a time.
- Genres
- Drama
- Overview
- Set in 1970s and 80s Riyadh, this landmark Saudi drama follows the Al-Tayan family navigating sweeping societal change — from the oil boom and the rise of religious conservatism, to the 1979 Grand Mosque seizure and the Gulf War. What begins with a foundling child at the mosque ripples outward into a rich multigenerational portrait of a country transforming before its people's eyes.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, identity, faith, class
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
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