Wednesday, September 10, 1997

Den vita lejoninnan

100394 / 16 / SE 1996 / Berglund, Pelle / thriller
Vita lejoninnan, Den / Valkoinen naarasleijona. PC: Sveriges Television. P: Gertrud Bengtsson. D: Pelle Berglund. Based on the novel by Henning Mankell. CAST: Rolf Lassgård, Charlotte Sieling, Jesper Christensen. 104’. 1,85. DIST: Walhalla. TRANS: Janne Staffans. Viewed at VET, Helsinki, on Wednesday, 10 September 1997. *** Capetown, South Africa and Ystad, Sweden, in 1994. A South African contract killer is caught in the city of Ystad. Inspector Kurt Wallander, portrayed for the third time by Rolf Lassgård, gets to solve the international mystery. The story is exciting and the film-makers have a feeling for the several locations. The momentum is somewhat lost in the middle but rises again in the final reel when the Jackal-style assassination plan is about to be realized. The center of the action is the bear-like Wallander, a brave and clever man who is shy and clumsy with those closest to him. This is a fine Nordic contribution to the detective genre.

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