TV series

Floodland

2019 · 1 season

A sombre, slow-burning cross-border mystery that lingers on trauma and the stark polder landscape, asking patience as it unfolds.

Overview: When a heavily traumatised girl of African origin is found wandering around the polders of the border region between Flanders and the Netherlands, Tara, a Dutch police inspector from Rotterdam, and Bert, a psychiatrist from Antwerp, begin to investigate.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, mystery, isolation, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
mystery
isolation
identity
healing
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild