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Carnival Row (2019)

Carnival Row poster
Directed by
Anna Foerster, Jon Amiel, Andy Goddard, Thor Freudenthal
Genre
steampunk, urban fantasy, drama television series, neo-noir, detective television series, fantasy television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 18 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 1,415 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Mythological beings live as oppressed refugees in a human city. A detective investigates a series of murders that connect to them.

noirishtensebleakslow-burngothicsuspensefuloppressivemysterious

What happens

Carnival Row is an American fantasy television series created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, based on Beacham's unproduced film spec script, A Killing on Carnival Row. Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, the series follows mythological beings who must survive as oppressed refugees in human society, as a detective works to solve murders connected with them. Carnival Row's first season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video on August 30, 2019. In July 2019, Amazon renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on February 17, 2023, and served as the series's final season, concluding on March 17, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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