
No Man's Land
Taste attributes: action & adventuredramawar & politicsthrilleradventurewarfastunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"The fight for family knows no boundaries."
Boxlist takeWeighty and wide-ranging: a realistic war and politics series, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 54 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
Season
Season 1
· 2020 · 8 episodesEpisodes (8)
1Episode 118 Sep 2020
A young Parisian couple are embarking on fertility treatment when the man, Antoine, becomes convinced he saw his sister in news footage from Syria. The same sister who supposedly died two years before. He makes a rash decision.
2Episode 218 Sep 2020
Three childhood friends from London, Iyad, Paul and Nasser enter the fray. Antoine finds himself in the middle of a fire fight and recalls the aftermath of Anna’s death. A dedicated Kurdish YPJ soldier, Sarya, is sent on a new mission.
3Episode 318 Sep 2020
The Jihadis are keen to prove their dedication to the caliphate but struggle to cut ties with their pasts and lives back home. After proving himself useful, an international crew of YPJ volunteers take Antoine under their wing.
4Episode 418 Sep 2020
Light is shed on what happened in Antoine’s family before Anna disappeared. In the present, Sarya gives Antoine weapons training and they begin to understand each other. ISIS mount a ferocious attack on a village.
5Episode 518 Sep 2020
Sarya’s past begins to come into focus as she finally lets her guard down with Antoine. The ISIS fighters seem to be on a roll and Nasser is rewarded with a high stakes introduction to ‘The Libyan’.
6Episode 618 Sep 2020
The mysterious Stanley turns up somewhere unexpected. More about Anna’s life after France is revealed.
7Episode 718 Sep 2020
Antoine makes a huge discovery and must make a crucial decision. Nasser, Paul and Iyad reach the capital of the Islamic State where Nasser does his best to protect his friends.
8Episode 818 Sep 2020
Antoine and Sarya’s unit get split up in the field. In the ISIS camp, Paul demands a reckoning. Stanley still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
Dive into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search for his estranged, presumed to be dead sister. While unraveling the mystery, piece by piece, Antoine’s journey crosses paths with adventurers and anarchists, spies and innocent victims, and provides a unique look on the tragic events in Syria, and the way they affect the entire world.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Action & Adventure
- Year
- 2020
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- ARTE
- Taste scores
- How we score
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