As Sex Education finishes forever and the next season of Heartstopper could be years away, a new young, queer coming-of-age story is arriving on screens. Tore – a new Swedish TV drama – is coming for us, and to Netflix. Add the six-episode series to your watchlists now.
Think Euphoria, Call Me By Your Name, Everything Now – TV shows that focus on the reality and fluidity of young people’s lives and struggles, from mental health journeys to finding your place in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Here’s everything we know about Tore so far.
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What is Tore about, exactly?
It’s been described as a “feel-good-and-bad” dramedy that touches on all the best things about a coming-of-age story while also delving a little deeper. Tore touches on mental health struggles, family and friendship conflicts and trying to find your own voice within the LGBTQA+ community and in life.
The official plot synopsis reads: “When 27-year-old Tore loses the most important person in his life in a garbage truck accident, he does everything he can to suppress his grief. During the days, he continues to work at his father’s funeral home as if nothing has happened and starts flirting with the new florist Erik. At night, he establishes himself on a party boat in the city and experiences alcohol, sex and drugs for the first time.
“A new and beautiful, but risky, world suddenly opens up to Tore, but his best friend Linn and the colleagues at the funeral home quickly start to worry that Tore is about to lose his footing in his desperate attempts to escape reality.”
Photo Credit: Jonath Mathew/Netlix