TV series

While I Was Away

2019 · 1 season

A slow, brooding Italian drama that keeps you piecing together a woman's lost years, heavy with secrets and quiet unease.

Overview: Monica Grossi wakes up after four months from a coma without remembering anything about the last eight years of her life. With the help of Stefano, brother of her alleged lover, who died in mysterious circumstances, she tries to reconstruct her past step by step to understand if she is really the woman that everyone remembers.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, romantic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, memory, mystery, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
mystery
family
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild