TV series

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969 · 1 season

A sober, talk-heavy excavation of moral ambiguity under occupation, demanding patience but rewarding with unsettling historical honesty.

Tagline: Chronicle of a French city under the Occupation
Overview: An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: War, betrayal, morality, politics
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
betrayal
morality
politics
identity
Places: small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none