Solstorm

A cold, brooding mystery that pulls you into a tight-knit northern community where old wounds and religious fervor simmer beneath the surface.

Directed by

Leif Lindblom

Genres

Thriller, Mystery

Starring

Izabella Scorupco, Mikael Persbrandt, Jakob Eklund

Overview

While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-law, Sanna Strandgård, telling that her brother and preacher Viktor was murdered, stabbed and with severed hands, and she would be arrested. Rebecka heads to her hometown Kiruna and defends Sanna, but the evidences found by the police in her house prove her guilty and she is arrested. While investigating the crime, Rebecka is haunted by her past and faces the bigoted and fanatic religious dwellers that worship the local church, and is more convinced of the innocence of Sanna.

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, faith, grief, identity

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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

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