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The Spy

2019 · 1 season

A slow, tense plunge into a double life where every dinner party hides danger and the ending weighs heavily.

Created by
Gideon Raff
Genres
Drama
Overview
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
How it feels
Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, deception, betrayal, isolation
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Gideon Raff
Written by
Gideon Raff, Max Perry
Starring
Sacha Baron Cohen, Noah Emmerich, Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Alexander Siddig, Waleed Zuaiter, Nassim Lyes, Moni Moshonov, Yael Eitan
Music
Guillaume Roussel
Cinematography
Itai Neeman
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 54 min each
Network
Netflix
Country
Belgium, France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Arabic, English

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