TV series

Leila

2019 · 1 season

A grim, slow-burning dystopia that wraps around you with oppressive tension and a mother's quiet desperation.

Tagline: Commit to the Cause
Overview: In the forgotten margins of the segregated communities of a dystopian future, a woman searches for the daughter that she lost upon her arrest years ago.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, family, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: grief
isolation
family
survival
power
Places: big city
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: war & politics, sci-fi & fantasy, drama
Created by: Urmi Juvekar
Starring: Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Rahul Khanna, Adarsh Gourav, Sanjay Suri, Vidhi Chitalia, Arif Zakaria, Akash Khurana
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Netflix
Country: India
Languages: English, Hindi