Ystad Police Officer Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) converses over dinner with his irresponsible adult daughter, Linda Wallander (Jeany Spark), and her Syrian medical intern suitor, Jamal (Arsher Ali), when Wallander receives notification to investigate the slaying. SPOILER: As a white stallion roams beneath reflections of waning moonlight across a field near Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, foreshadowing a gloomy episode of gloom, despair and helplessness, as two hooded perpetrators carrying ropes enter the farmhouse of Maria Lovgren (Karin Bertling) and Johannes Lovgren (Rune Bergman) intent to steal large cash withdrawals, and subsequently committing homicide. The episode is didactic but works pretty well. Things he said have been leaked to the press. Murders are committed and Wallander is filled with guilt. He is obviously not happy with this and must face his own shortcomings. This issue is also brought forth to us when Kurt finds his daughter is serious with a guy who happens to be Mid-Eastern. Every racist and bigot begins to use this to put them in attack mode. Unfortunately, the dying woman makes a sound like "foreigners" when Kurt is holding her and this gets out. This seems to be the motive for the murders. It turns out that unbeknownst to most, the farmer had amassed a fortune, even though he never gave any indication. Two farm inhabitants are brutally murdered. He allows his emotions to get the better of him. He stares at suspects until they recognize him as a threat. He fails to call in backup until he has been assaulted or discovered. It's not escapist entertainment, but it is compelling.įor being so insightful and dogged, Kurt Wallander really does some stupid and impractical things in his work. Kenneth Branagh is excellent as the world-weary Wallender, and he is supported by an excellent cast including David Warner, Jeany Spark, Arsher Ali, and Tom McCabe.
This a gritty story, relentless in its heavy mood, and not something to watch when you have a headache.
On the personal side, Wallender is attempting to connect with his daughter, who has a new boyfriend, a Syrian. This is obviously a hot topic and arouses threats against the migrant workers. And there's a very real problem inside the police force: someone has been leaking information about the case to the press, including the guess on Wallender's part that Maria might have said "foreigner" before she died. This leads to a search for the other family. A neighbor tells Wallender that the man had a mistress and a child. Though the couple lived on a rundown farm, Johannes had a separate bank account out of which he withdrew a large amount of money each quarter. There's more to Johannes' life than first appears. In this story, an elderly couple, Johannes and Maria Lovgren, is killed in a home invasion, and it looks as if they were tortured before their murders. Branagh, unshaven and with messy hair, is the detective who takes everything to heart rather than being detached.
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He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve.A beautiful, lonely terrain is the setting for "Wallender: Faceless Killers," in season 2 of the series starring Kenneth Branagh. Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have–and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the first riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series.The mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander Point Reyes Books Lighthouse Sweatshirt.Thinking Like a Mountain - Annual Subscription.
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