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The Rain (2018)

The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through an abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.

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CURRENT STATUS:

- Streaming worldwide on Netflix

- May 17, 2019 (se.2)

- May 4, 2018 (se.1)

PRODUCTION STATUS:

- Editing

- Season 2 in post (Dec. 22, 2018)

- Season 2 in production (Aug. 14, 2018 - Dec. 21, 2018)

- Renewed for season 2 (May 30, 2018)

- Season 1 in post (Jan. 29, 2018)

- Series treatment (Mar. 16, 2017)

GENRES:

- Sci-Fi; Thriller

- Danish TV Shows; Teen TV Shows; TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy

CONTENT RATING:

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- For mature audiences

- May not be suitable for children ages 17 and under

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

- Denmark

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

- Danish

ALTERNATE LANGUAGES:

AUDIO:

- French, English, Danish - Audio Description, Italian, Spanish, Danish [Original]

SUBTITLES:

- Italian, Spanish, French, Danish, English

THIS SHOW IS:

- Ominous

- Gritty

- Suspenseful

- Dark

SEASONS:

- 1

EPISODES:

- 8

RUNNING TIME:

- Approximately 35 to 50 minutes /episode

TOTAL BINGE TIME:

- se.1: 321 min (approx. 5.5 hrs)

FILMING LOCATIONS:

- Denmark

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

- (>)€1,500,000 (per episode [approx. $2M US], estimated*)

INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATES:

Country	Also Known As	Release Date
Germany	The Rain	May 4, 2018 (internet)
Sweden	—	May 4, 2018 (internet)
Italy	The Rain	May 4, 2018 (internet)
France	The Rain	May 4, 2018 (internet)
United States	—	May 4, 2018 —
Spain	The Rain	May 4, 2018 (internet)
Russia	Дождь	— —
Portugal	The Rain	— —
Greece	Η Βροχή	— —
Turkey	Yagmur (Turkish title)	— —

* based on production budgets of similar shows + the "Netflix Factor"

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the 88 second 8FLiX review & binge briefing on The Rain

...here's everything you'll want to know before binge-watching

The Rain is a Netflix Original series produced by the Danish company, Miso Film.

A second season was ordered by Netflix in May of 2018. “We’re really excited to team up with the talented cast and our team of amazing creators for another season,” said Kelly Luegenbiehl, vice president of international originals for Netflix. “‘The Rain’ has a relatable and human story at its core and touches on universal themes everyone can identify with. The fact that season 1 reached audiences all over the world, proves once again that strong stories can transcend borders.”

The original spoken language is Danish, and Netflix offers dubbing and/or subtitles in Italian, Spanish, French, and, English. There may be more language options available in your area.

The Rain is rated TV-MA. However, as with many Netflix series that carry this rating, older teens can handle it. It is, after all, classified as a "Teen TV Show" genre!

The Rain, in short, is the story of two siblings (famous Danes, Alba August as big-sis, Simone, and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen as Rasmus) and their quest to find their scientist father after hiding in a bunker for six years. Their venture is made difficult by a virus that lies within the rain; a virus so lethal, it kills everyone exposed within seconds. Only one person in the world is immune and holds the key to a cure that is desperately needed, and the siblings' father knows how to get it.

Want more? Read on for a spoiler free review.

88 Second 8FLiX Review

The Rain

Netflix

by Nick Runyeard

May 4, 2018

They’ve emerged from a bunker where they have spent the last 6-years in hiding – not just from the rain, but also from other survivors.

Simone, the eldest, must protect her brother at all costs. Rasmus is the key to everything, according to her father.

Dad is Frederik (Lars Simonsen), a scientist working for the Sweden-based (evil?) pharmaceutical giant "Apollon" (pronounced apple-on). Before the end-of-civilization-as-they-know-it, Frederik knew something that not many knew: The rain carries with it a virus that can kill any human within minutes.

Except for one.

“It's your responsibility to protect your little brother. No one can find Rasmus.”

The final words spoken to Simone by Frederik before leaving nearly 6-years ago.

Now, short of supplies, Simone and Rasmus must leave the bunker and discover what’s left of Scandinavia, and who survived.

...it can get a little tricky

The trouble with telling the story of survival in a post-apocalyptic world is that there is no real-life precedent upon which to build a foundation. It’s not like we’ve lived through an apocalypse (the Trump Administration notwithstanding) to tell the tale of how humanity survived.

It’s tricky. Writers need to be neo and create a somewhat believable story with compelling, deep characters without straying too far into the “oh, come on!” territory. That’s what separates the “Sharnado’s of the world from “The Walking Dead’s” (hey, the zombie apocalypse is just a “flu shot” away from being real).

The idea of a killer virus transmitted by rain is sort of intriguing; at least just enough to want to binge-watch The Rain on Netflix if you’re a fan of the genre. The backstory of each character evokes plenty of emotion, but they’re not explored enough to make viewing worthwhile for the casual binger, or a non-fan of the category.

...wait, what?

As each episode passes, we learn a little more about the characters through a brief flashback of how they ended up where they did. Those stories, alone, leave you wanting more but it never comes to pass.

For example, very early on we learn the story of the team leader, Martin (a wonderfully cold Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). We discern that he is a soldier who, just after the outbreak of the virus, had instructions to shoot anyone trying to leave the infected area. When the moment arrives to carry out those orders, with the target being a young mother and her baby…

Then there’s the story of Lea (Jessica Dinnage), a girl with a very strict and religious upbringing who had a little too much to drink one night and awoke the next morning to a horrific finding. When her ultra-conservative mother discovered…

Patrick, Beatrice and Jean (Lukas Løkken, Angela Bundalovic and Sonny Lindberg) have an equally compelling past that is never fully explored. Their backstory, like the others’, is covered in a flashback, or two, lasting only a few minutes at most.

It seemed to me like the streaming was interrupted and somehow jumped forward a few chapters, skipping “Act 1”. “Did I miss something?”

More than once I checked the timeline to ensure it didn’t jump ahead. I eventually understood what was happening, “Nope, that’s all I get to see about the backstory”.

There’s an episode where the team comes across a mansion housing a group of “devoted” survivors expressing nothing but love and forgiveness; we’ll call it a cult. The charismatic leader, Mark (an awesomely creepy Anders Mossling) says, more than once, “your past doesn’t matter here.”

He’s wrong. It matters to us, the viewers who will ultimately decide whether or not it will Rain another season. 😉

The question now is, is The Rain’s story strong enough to survive on its own? Is the payoff at the end of the series going to be worth it?

...something's amiss here

To be a successful post-apocalyptic show, the characters need to be loved and admired – some, even hated by the viewers (here’s looking at you TWD) in addition to the apocalypse itself. Viewers must feel angry, sad, or happy when the characters do.

The Rain misses that mark, and I wish it weren’t so. There are so many unanswered questions and I fear they’ll remain that way. For a season with only 8-episodes, some as short as 35 minutes, there is barely enough time to tell everyone’s story.

The script relies heavily on the story itself (that of the killer rain) rather than those telling the story. The motivation of the group is to get to Apollon headquarters in Sweden where, presumably, Frederik is stationed. To get there they must go through Copenhagen, a virtual cesspool of morally dead survivors who’d kill you for your food, or for food.

Simone is seriously protective of Rasmus, the “key” to everything. It’s no secret. We learn of Rasmus’ importance very early on in the first episode and left wondering if dad is father of the year, or madman of the year.

Ironically, though, as the main characters of the series, we don’t discover very much about the family’s history or that of scientist dad…the self-proclaimed “only one who can make everything better.”

What’s the payoff at the end? What’s the climax of the season finale?

I’ll do what the show does and skip forward.

...in conclusion

If you’re a fan of the post-apocalyptic genre or looking to kill a weekend when it’s raining out, watch The Rain. If you’re not a fan and/or have better things to do, you may enjoy watching the actual rain instead.

I’m sort of in the middle. I'll give The Rain a 6 out of 10.

My general rule of thumb is:

7 and above, watch;

5 – 6 is ok to watch once, or have it on in the background while working on something;

4 – 0 avoid unless intoxicated or really bored.

...let it Rain

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...update

There will be a season 2! It seems as if Netflix's only original series from Denmark scored a big goal and will return in 2019.

cast

who's in The Rain?

...a look at the main credited cast

Alba August

Simone

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen

Rasmus

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Martin

Lukas Løkken

Patrick

Jessica Dinnage

Lea

Angela Bundalovic

Beatrice

Johannes Kuhnke

Sten

Sonny Lindberg

Jean

Lars Simonsen

Frederik

Bogdan Gorgos

Ivan

Jacob Lohmann

Thomas

Iben Hjejle

Ellen

Bertil De Lorenzi

Rasmus (10)

Ramadan Huseini

Sergei

Anders Heinrichsen

Lawyer / Phillip

Kristian Fjord

Patrick's Boss

Sebastian Aagaard-Williams

Per

Anne Gry Henningsen

Caseworker

Kaya Toft Loholt

Vilde

Anders Mossling

Mark

filmmakers

who made The Rain?

...it takes hundreds of creative people and thousands of hours to produce something like The Rain, this is only a partial list of those talented people

directors

|Kenneth Kainz

... director

|Natasha Arthy

... director

writers

|Jannik Tai Mosholt

... writer (created by)

|Christian Potalivo

... writer (created by)

|Esben Toft Jacobsen

... writer (created by)

|Poul Berg

... writer

|Lasse Kyed Rasmussen

... writer

|Marie Østerbye

... writer

|Mette Heeno

... writer

producers

|Jonas Allen

... executive producer

|Erik Barmack

... executive producer

|Peter Bose

... executive producer

|Charlotte Buch

... post producer

|Jannik Tai Mosholt

... executive producer

|Christian Potalivo

... producer

|Claus Willadsen

... line producer

composer

|Av Av Av

... composer

cinematographers

|Rasmus Heise

... cinematographer

|Jesper Tøffner

... cinematographer

editors

|Marlene Billie Andreasen

... editor

|Benjamin Binderup

... editor

|Morten Egholm

... editor

|Esben Bay Grundsø

... editor

|My Thordal

... editor

casting

|Tanja Grunwald

... casting director

production designer

|M. Wan Sputnick

... production designer

art director

|Mathias Hassing

... art director

set decorator

|Michael Medgyesi

... set decorator

costume designer

|Louize Nissen

... costume designer

makeup department

|Jill Arnfjord

... makeup artist

|Louise Hauberg

... department head: makeup

|Hans-Peter Ludvigsen

... special makeup effects artist

|Maria Østergaard

... makeup artist

|Thomas Foldberg

... special makeup effects artist

|Per Kapper

... special makeup effects artist

|Charlotte Faaborg

... makeup artist

|Dorte Jacobsen

... makeup artist

|Marianne Larsen

... makeup artist

season 1

what's season 1 of The Rain about?

...here's the episode guide from the first season

Set free from their collective past and societal rules, the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a post-apocalyptic world there’s still love, jealousy, and many of the coming of age dilemmas they thought they’d left behind with the disappearance of the world they once knew. Where will you be when the rain comes?

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