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Switched at Birth

1991 · 1 season

A quiet, wrenching true-life drama that weighs grief against parental love and keeps you emotionally invested throughout.

Created by
Waris Hussein
Genres
Drama
Overview
This is the story of the two babies who were switched at birth. A few years later when one of the girls gets sick and tests revealed that she was not the daughter of the couple who raised her. Eventually she dies. And the couple most especially the mother, search for their real daughter. Eventually they suspect that it's a widower who has their child. Now while they try to find out if she is their daughter, the widower is advised by his attorney not to be so hasty to cooperate, cause if she is their daughter, he might lose her, and she is all he has.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, grief, parenthood, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
Waris Hussein
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Waris Hussein
Written by
Michael O'Hara
Starring
Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Kerwin, John M. Jackson, Eve Gordon, Judith Hoag, Caroline McWilliams, Lois Smith, Kelli Williams
Music
Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography
Robert Steadman
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 90 min each
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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