TV series

Funeral for a Dog

2022 · 1 season

A slow, brooding literary mystery that blurs past and present, pulling you into its melancholic puzzle.

Overview: Journalist Daniel Mandelkern leaves Hamburg on assignment to interview Dirk Svensson, a reclusive children's book author who lives alone on the Italian side of Lake Lugano with his three-legged dog. After stumbling on a manuscript of Svensson's about a complicated menage a trois, Mandelkern is plunged into mysteries past and present.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, eerie and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, obsession, isolation, memory
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 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: mystery
obsession
isolation
memory
betrayal
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild