Bäckström (2020)
- Genre
- crime, drama
- Country
- Sweden
- Length
- 3 seasons, 18 episodes
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Evert Bäckström is a Swedish police inspector who investigates suspicious deaths. In the first season, his team looks into the murder of a woman who was believed to have died in the 2004 tsunami. Evert must navigate suspects including a celebrity lawyer while working with his colleagues.
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What happens
Bäckström is a Swedish television crime drama series, which was broadcast on C More Film from 23 March 2020. It is based on Leif G. W. Persson's book series about police inspector Evert Bäckström. For the Swedish show Evert is depicted by Kjell Bergqvist, across three seasons of six episodes each. Season one's action is largely set in Stockholm and its surroundings, filming began in Gothenburg in March 2019 with Jonathan Sjöberg and Amanda Adolfsson directing three episodes each. Sjöberg was also the main scriptwriter with Dennis Magnusson. Assisting in each season are Evert's colleagues Ankan (Agnes Lindström Bolmgren), Toivonen (Pekka Strang), Kristian (Filip Berg), Adam (Peshang Rad) and Peter (Rolf Lydahl). Evert mentors his upstairs neighbour Edvin (Elvis Stegmar). During the first season, which is based on Persson's Kan man dö två gånger? (English: Can You Die Twice?), Evert's team investigate the death of Jaidee (Sandra Yi Sencindiver), who supposedly died in Thailand during the 2004 Asian tsunami. However, Edvin found Jaidee's skull, with a bullet hole, on a Swedish island. Evert has to contend with various suspects, including his celebrity TV rival, the lawyer Tomas (Jens Hultén), scout leader Haqvin (Johan Widerberg) and Jaidee's husband Daniel (Linus Wahlgren). Season two, based on Den sanna historien om Pinocchios näsa (2013, English: The True Story of Pinocchio's Nose) has Evert discovered at Tomas's murder scene. Besides solving that crime, Evert searches for a unique child's toy and musical box, shaped as Pinocchio, while obscuring its significance from his colleagues and evading his enemies. The third season is based on Persson's characters with its action mostly set in Palma de Mallorca (Palma), Spain. Besides solving a local murder, Evert hopes to resolve the historical murder of his first love, Sally. An American TV series, Backstrom (2015), is based on the same character, but transposed to Portland, Oregon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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