TV series

My Mother

2025 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally heavy drama that keeps you anxious for a child's safety while weaving several mothers' lives into a tense moral knot.

Overview: A Saudi adaptation of the acclaimed Japanese drama Mother, following teacher Maryam who discovers her young student Basma is suffering abuse at the hands of her addict stepfather and neglectful mother. As the lives of five very different mothers interweave, Maryam makes a life-changing decision to protect the child — setting off a chain of consequences none of them can escape.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Parenthood, trauma, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: parenthood
trauma
isolation
family
morality
Places: big city
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild