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The Congregation

2021–2025 · 2 seasons

A slow, suffocating descent into a closed community where warmth curdles into control, leaving you uneasy and heartbroken.

Overview
Anna, a young and naive woman, moves to Knutby to become part of the free church congregation as a nanny, which to her seems like a warm and pious community. But soon the idyll that never existed crackles, and manipulation, power games, social exclusion, group pressure, brainwashing, fanaticism and both more and less religiously sanctioned left-wing chatter end in murder and grief.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • isolation
  • power
  • faith
  • corruption
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Goran Kapetanović
Written by
Anna Platt, Fredrik Agetoft
Starring
Aliette Opheim, Alba August, Amy Deasismont, Einar Bredefeldt, Emilia Roosmann, Jessica Liedberg, Nils Wetterholm, Joakim Lang
Cinematography
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Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes, 43 min each
Network
TV4 Hits, C More First
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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