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My Sordid Affair

2017 · 1 season

Watching feels like hearing a cautionary tale from a friend: intimate, tense, and tinged with regret, with a documentary realism that makes the fallout feel uncomfortably close.

Created by
Trey Nelson
Genres
Drama, Reality, Documentary
Starring
Manini Gupta, Jason Babinsky, Clifton Dunn
Overview
Half of all couples cheat but some take it too far that they can never go back. Tales of ordinary moms, dads, wives and husbands who strayed from their relationships and lived to regret it.

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Created by
Trey Nelson
Genres
Drama, Reality, Documentary
Starring
Manini Gupta, Jason Babinsky, Clifton Dunn
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • love
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • suburbs
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • anthology
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, reality, documentary
Created by
Trey Nelson
Starring
Manini Gupta, Jason Babinsky, Clifton Dunn, Sean Borderes, Brian O'Neill, Suzanne Savoy, Eli Walker, Sonja O'Hara
Cinematography
Scott Miller
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 43 min each
Network
A&E
Languages
English

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