The Wilder

A slow, emotionally heavy drama about prejudice and redemption, anchored by a child's vulnerability and adults' painful reckonings.

Created by

Giorgos Gikapeppas

Genres

Drama

Starring

Yiorgos Kendros, Danae Skiadi, Yorgos Karamihos

Overview

When Eva, a little Greek-Romanian girl with a speech impediment, loses both her parents on the same day in an accident, Loukas, her reclusive, racist grandfather who has never met her is the only Greek relative who can take custody of her, yet he stubbornly refuses. The unknown fate of Eva is now assigned to Marina, a social worker from a broken home, who decides to fight alongside Loukas against his past, thus forcing both him and herself to work towards their own salvation for the first time.

How it feels

Melancholic, dark, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, redemption, grief, isolation

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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