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Alardea

2020 · 1 season

A quiet, tense pressure-cooker of a drama where small-town traditions and family loyalties grind against a woman's conscience.

Created by
Virginia Yagüe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Itziar Ituño, Carmen Climent, Klara Badiola
Overview
An elementary school teacher's life suffers an overturn when the women association of her town decides to march on the traditional parade. Getting involved in this could bring her into conflict with her community and her family.

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Created by
Virginia Yagüe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Itziar Ituño, Carmen Climent, Klara Badiola
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • identity
  • family
  • gender
  • trauma
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Virginia Yagüe
Written by
Pablo Tobías, Arantxa Cuesta
Starring
Itziar Ituño, Carmen Climent, Klara Badiola, Iñigo Aranburu, Kandido Uranga, Germán Alcarazu, Sara Cózar, Belén Cruz
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 50 min each
Network
ETB 1
Languages
Basque

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