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Caliphate

TV · 2020 · 1 season

A slow-burning, tense thriller that feels unsettlingly real, weaving multiple perspectives into a dark and emotionally heavy experience.

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Swedish 2020 television series
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Class
TV
Year
2020
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • power
  • identity
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Created by
Goran Kapetanović
Starring
Gizem Erdoğan, Aliette Opheim, Albin Grenholm
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Sveriges Television
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish, Arabic

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