TV series

The Brides of Bourbon Island

2007 · 1 season

A sweeping, earnest period voyage that mixes romance and hardship with a steady, serious pull.

Overview: Historical seventeenth-century romantic-epic-action-adventure where three women survived a harrowing ocean voyage from France to forcibly marry French ex-patriots on the island of Bourbon (now Réunion).
How it feels: Romantic, earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, love, identity, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
love
identity
isolation
betrayal
Places: sea
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild