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Stateless

2020 · 1 season

A slow-burn, emotionally charged drama that traps you in the oppressive heat and tension of a detention centre, leaving a lingering sense of injustice.

Created by: Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie
Genres: Drama
Starring: Yvonne Strahovski, Asher Keddie, Jai Courtney

Overview: Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job, and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal — are stuck in an immigration detention center in the Australian desert. Inspired by true events.

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Created by: Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie
Genres: Drama
Starring: Yvonne Strahovski, Asher Keddie, Jai Courtney

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
survival
family
justice
Places: wilderness
prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama
Created by: Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, Tony Ayres
Written by: Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, Tony Ayres, Belinda Chayko
Starring: Yvonne Strahovski, Asher Keddie, Jai Courtney, Fayssal Bazzi, Marta Dusseldorp, Cate Blanchett, Dominic West, Darren Gilshenan
Cinematography: Bonnie Elliott
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 50 min each
Network: ABC TV
Country: Australia, United States of America
Languages: English, Spanish

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