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Real Men (2002)

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Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective reopens a cold case about a missing child. He becomes suspicious of a caretaker at a local orphanage.

tensegloomyinvestigativeslow-burnunsettlingmelancholicserioussuspenseful

What happens

Real Men is a two-part British television crime drama series, written by playwright Frank Deasy and directed by Sallie Aphramain, that first broadcast on BBC Two on 12 and 13 March 2003. The series stars Ben Daniels as Detective Inspector Matthew Fenton, who after re-opening the cold case of a missing child, finds himself drawn to a local orphanage where he suspects the caretaker of sexual improprieties with the minors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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