TV series

Ballet Rose

1998 · 1 season

A sobering, slow-burning true-crime drama that methodically peels back layers of power and hypocrisy, leaving a lingering chill.

Overview: When the Portuguese police began to investigate, in 1967, an illegal prostitution network, they ended up stumbling upon a huge secret that could shake the foundations of the republican regime: a select group of prostitutes who organized parties with teenage girls to secretly satisfy the sexual desires of bankers, politicians, ministers, aristocrats and powerful businessmen: the Ballet Rose Case.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, power, crime, class
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: corruption
power
crime
class
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong