Underplayed Gems

Prosperity (2007)

Prosperity poster
Directed by
Lenny Abrahamson
Genre
drama
Country
Ireland
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Four one-hour episodes each follow a different person on the same day, showing their ordinary and sometimes difficult lives in Ireland. The stories mix humor and sadness as they look at moments of connection and loneliness.

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What happens

Prosperity is a series of four one-hour dramas for television from director Lenny Abrahamson and writer Mark O'Halloran. Prosperity features "four powerful, moving and funny stories set on the same day, with each episode examining the life of a single character." The series first aired on 3 September 2007 on RTÉ, and was produced by Ed Guiney and Catherine Magee for Element Films. The series was nominated for six Irish Film and Television Awards in 2008, and won two, for Directing (Lenny Abrahamson) and Script (Mark O'Halloran). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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