TV series

The Age of Shame

2009–2010 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally heavy drama that immerses you in a woman's quiet struggle against social hypocrisy and shame.

Overview: Having spent most of her 20s taking care of her sick mother and her family's household, a sexually repressed woman elopes and has to face the hypocrisies of middle eastern society.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, family, gender
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
family
gender
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild