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Midnattssol (2016)

Midnattssol poster
Genre
drama television series, crime television series
Country
France, Sweden
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French detective and a Swedish prosecutor investigate a Frenchman's murder in northern Sweden. The killings become a series of ritualistic crimes, and the investigation is complicated by a town being relocated because of an iron mine underneath.

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What happens

Midnattssol (French: Jour polaire, English: midnight sun) is a Swedish-French police procedural series which aired for one season on Sveriges Television on 2016. As Midnight Sun, the series debuted on Australia's SBS on January 12, 2017. Anders Harnesk (Gustaf Hammarsten) and Kahina Zadi (Leïla Bekhti) are the two main protagonists. The pair investigate the death of a French national in far north Sweden, near Kiruna. It is the first in a series of mysterious, ritualistic killings. The town center is being moved as their biggest employer, an iron mining company, has worked from underneath. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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