Jesper Åvall

Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. First, it is believed that Svedberg killed himself but Wallander soon discovers links between Svedberg, the three friends and a fourth person, a young woman in a mental hospital.

Mariken Halle first asked around her neighborhood if she might make a school film about one of her neighbors. When that didn’t work, she and her small film crew began addressing people on the streets of Göteborg. How would they imagine a movie that they would want to star in? The results were far from fantastic – she encountered dismissively amused responses and boring, confused ideas. But some of the people she talked to were different. They try getting into their “life role” – and she begins to direct them....

Kurt Wallander est un inspecteur de police dans la petite ville d'Ystad, au sud de la Suède. Séparé de sa femme, il est le père d'une jeune fille, Linda, qui fait tout pour qu'il rencontre quelqu'un. Mais cet homme se consacre nuit et jour à résoudre ses enquêtes qui lui sont confiées avec son équipe, aux dépens de sa vie privée. Son seul objectif est d'arrêter les meurtriers. Alors qu'il lutte toujours pour découvrir la vérité, Wallander se trouve confronté aux aspects les plus sombres de la société suédoise.