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The Eddy

2020 · 1 season

A moody, music-soaked slow burn that wraps grief and danger in the smoky intimacy of a Paris jazz club.

Created by: Jack Thorne
Genres: Drama
Starring: André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Leïla Bekhti

Overview: The owner of a Paris jazz club gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter.

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Created by: Jack Thorne
Genres: Drama
Starring: André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Leïla Bekhti

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
family
music
crime
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Created by: Jack Thorne
Written by: Phillip Howze, Jack Thorne, Rachel De-Lahay, Hamid Hlioua
Starring: André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Leïla Bekhti, Adil Dehbi, Randy Kerber, Ludovic Louis, Damian Nueva Cortes, Lada Obradovic
Music: Glen Ballard, Randy Kerber
Cinematography: Éric Gautier, Julien Poupard
Length: 1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network: Netflix
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Polish

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