The Family

A tense, slow-burning crime drama that weaves family power struggles with a dark undercurrent of secrets in a Dutch city.

Created by

Koen Wouterse

Genres

Drama, Crime

Starring

Kenneth Herdigein, Manoushka Zeegelaar-Breeveld, Roos Drenth

Overview

The (gin) family Van Bol’Es is central to the series. All events and characters in the show are fictional. The series consists of two storylines. The storyline of the adults mainly focuses on the struggle for leadership between the two sisters, Hanna and Claudia van Bol’Es. The second storyline follows seven young people from Schiedam (including Han van Bol’Es, Hanna’s son), who discover that extremely dangerous things are happening in their city. Things that cannot bear the light of day.

How it feels

Dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Power, family, crime, betrayal

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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

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