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The Girl Before

2021 · 1 season

A sleek, chilly psychological puzzle that keeps you uneasy, watching a beautiful house slowly tighten its grip on everyone inside.

Created by
Lisa Brühlmann
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Kate Plummer
Overview
A traumatized woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect who originally designed it, but everything may not be as it seems.

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  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Lisa Brühlmann
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Kate Plummer
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • obsession
  • identity
  • grief
  • deception
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Kate Plummer, Rakhee Thakrar, Ben Hardy, Ian Conningham, Kayla Meikle, Amanda Drew
Music
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Length
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Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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