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Tales from the Loop

2020 · 1 season

A hushed, beautiful, and quietly sad anthology where strange machines reveal ordinary human longings and losses.

Created by
Nathaniel Halpern
Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Elektra Jansson-Kilbey, Adam Hurtig, Leann Lei
Overview
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Nathaniel Halpern
Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Mystery, Drama
Starring
Elektra Jansson-Kilbey, Adam Hurtig, Leann Lei
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • grief
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism4
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
sci-fi & fantasy, mystery, drama
Created by
Nathaniel Halpern
Written by
Simon Stålenhag, Nathaniel Halpern
Starring
Elektra Jansson-Kilbey, Adam Hurtig, Leann Lei, Denae Boucher, Kamal Chioua, Victor J. Ho, Alec Carlos, Jodi Lynn Thomas
Music
Philip Glass, Paul Leonard-Morgan
Cinematography
Luc Montpellier, Jeff Cronenweth
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Prime Video
Country
Sweden, United States of America
Languages
English

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