TV series

La fossa

2020 · 1 season

A quiet, sombre excavation of buried history that unfolds slowly, weighing memory and loss against the pull of an old family wound.

Overview: David Martos works undercover to exhume an uncatalogued Civil War mass grave where he believes his family may be buried, based on the seemingly delusional stories his grandfather told him.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Memory, grief, family, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
grief
family
identity
death
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild