When it comes to Sweden, what comes to our mind? Ancient Vikings? Norse mythology? Tall blond men and women? Or the Nobel Prize? Or a socialist welfare state with super high tax rates from cradle to grave? IKEA furniture? The alternation of long winters and perpetual day and night? In any case these project our imaginations of the inadequacies of our own country. Society is still made up of people, ordinary people, with a conflicting mixture of good and evil. Wallander's exploration in this regard is somewhat similar to the girl with the dragon tattoo, except that Wallander does not have the powerful anger of the latter to drive the author's writing. On the contrary, it takes a more gentle and slender way to look at Swedish society, especially Swedish children. .
Yes, kids. In the three episodes of the first season, the most cruel thing is not the means of committing the crime. Strictly speaking, the scale of this film is not as bloody as CSI and the like, but the despair of teenagers is shocking. Are these children driven by the violence and desire of adults? They go to a dead end, or die violently, or kill others.
I just finished watching the first season, and I'm not mentally ready to watch the second season. I don't know what kind of melancholy is coming. This is a special work and is worth recommending.
(Again, the third episode is really abusive T__T)
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