TV series

Price of Fear

1988 · 1 season

A slow, serious Egyptian drama where returning love is shadowed by the fear and distrust spreading through a small oil town.

Overview: The events revolve around (Jaber), who returns to his town after several years he spent expatriate, and falls in love with (noble) despite his circumstances, and then the villagers live in terror because of a defect in the oil wells.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, isolation, family, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: love
isolation
family
class
fate
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild