TV series

Backbreaking

2022 · 1 season

A tense, slow-burning ordeal of confinement and escape, heavy with dread and the ache of exile.

Overview: After being fooled by her husband into leaving Egypt, Rouh finds herself at an ISIS den in Syria, whereupon she tries to escape but ends up at a camp for female ISIS fugitives, while her return to Egypt becomes a distant dream.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, betrayal, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: survival
isolation
betrayal
trauma
freedom
Places: military
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild