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Normal People

TV · 2020 · 1 season

An intimate, quietly devastating watch that lingers on glances and silences, making ordinary moments feel achingly significant.

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Hulu and BBC Three television series
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Class
TV
Year
2020
Seasons
1
Episodes
12
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • class
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
romance, drama, college life
Created by
Sally Rooney
Written by
Sally Rooney, Alice Birch, Mark O'Rowe
Starring
Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian de Souza, Sarah Greene, Fionn O'Shea, Éanna Hardwicke, Leah McNamara, Aislín McGuckin
Music
Stephen Rennicks
Cinematography
Kate McCullough
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes
Network
BBC Three, Hulu
Country
Ireland
Languages
English

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