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Borderliner

2017 · 1 season

A brooding, slow-burning Nordic noir that keeps you tense with moral compromise and small-town secrets.

Created by
Megan Gallagher, Alexander Opsal
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tobias Santelmann, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Eivind Sander
Overview
To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.

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Created by
Megan Gallagher, Alexander Opsal
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tobias Santelmann, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Eivind Sander
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • family
  • deception
  • guilt
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Megan Gallagher, Alexander Opsal
Starring
Tobias Santelmann, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Eivind Sander, Benjamin Helstad, Arnhild Litleré, Frode Winther
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Netflix, TV 2 Direkte
Country
Norway
Languages
Nepali, Norwegian

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