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Spoorloos (2018)

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Genre
drama
Country
South Africa
Length
5 seasons, 47 episodes
Rated
13
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Each season follows a new crime case in a different small South African town. A detective investigates a disappearance in one town, a witch hunt in another, and mysterious events on an island.

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What happens

Spoorloos (Without A Trace) is a South African crime drama anthology television series created by Ilse van Hemert and developed by Ochre Moving Pictures. The first season is based on the 2014 novel Daddy Long Legs by Vernon W. Baumann and set in the fictional town of Digtersdal in the Eastern Cape. Each subsequent season follows a new small town and cast of characters. The first season premiered on kykNET on 6 October 2018. The second season Spoorloos: Heksejag premiered on 14 July 2020. The third installment Spoorloos: Steynhof, set in the Northern Cape, premiered on 6 July 2021. In November 2021, it was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on 19 July 2022 as Spoorloos: Die Eiland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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