The Slap (2011)

Directed by

Jessica Hobbs, Robert Connolly, Matthew Saville, Tony Ayres

Genre

drama television series

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man slaps a misbehaving child at a suburban barbecue, and the action spirals into conflicts among the adults. The series follows different characters as they grapple with their own judgments and hidden tensions.

tenseunsettlingprovocativeslow-burnemotionally rawcharacter-drivenmorally grayclaustrophobic

What happens

The Slap is an Australian television drama series. It was first broadcast on ABC1 from 6 October to 24 November 2011. The series is based on The Slap, a 2008 novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas, which explores what happens when a man slaps a child, who is not related to him, at a suburban barbecue. Filmed in Melbourne, Victoria, the series was produced by Matchbox Pictures' Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden and Michael McMahon, with Penny Chapman serving as executive producer. The directors—Jessica Hobbs, Matthew Saville, Tony Ayres and Robert Connolly—directed two episodes each. The writing team included Emily Ballou, Alice Bell, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrksa and Cate Shortland. The series was aired on DirecTV's Audience Network in 2012, and an American adaptation of the series, also starring Melissa George, premiered on NBC on 12 February 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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