Acquitted

A brooding, slow-burning Nordic noir that wraps you in small-town suspicion and unresolved guilt.

Created by

Anna Bache-Wiig, Siv Rajendram Eliassen

Genres

Crime, Drama

Starring

Nicolai Cleve Broch, Tobias Santelmann, Synnøve Macody Lund

Overview

After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, dark and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Guilt, isolation, betrayal, memory

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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