Although I here mention a few scenes from the film I wouldn't call them spoilers, since there, plot-wise, really is nothing to spoil.
This is truly one of the most interesting, entertaining, confusing and brilliant films made in Sweden during the 21st Century. There are scenes in this film that are so hilariously bitter (can't find a better description). Berenett is great as the once-hardcore-cop now being old, retired, bitter and obsessed with the murder of Olof Palme. But don't expect any crime drama - this is NOTHING like the old Hassel films. But it such a brilliant idea to use this very well known Swedish crime-cop for this kind of movie.
So many scenes... The opening with the gas masks... The ordering of the taxi for the most renowned conspiracy theorist (The Police Conspiracy) Sven Anér (playing himself, as do many of the private investigators, creating a very strange feeling in the film), and the following taxi ride with Tina Turner's »What's Love...» as a soundtrack over Anér's monologue. Pure genius! And the absolutely hopeless reconstructions... One favorite scene is the »15 min's with a lawyer» at the local library, where the lawyer is no one less than Göran Lambertz, perhaps the most famous (and scolded) lawyers (and a former General Attorney) in Sweden. There's such sadness and absurd humour in this movie.
But it's an acquired taste, for sure.
This is truly one of the most interesting, entertaining, confusing and brilliant films made in Sweden during the 21st Century. There are scenes in this film that are so hilariously bitter (can't find a better description). Berenett is great as the once-hardcore-cop now being old, retired, bitter and obsessed with the murder of Olof Palme. But don't expect any crime drama - this is NOTHING like the old Hassel films. But it such a brilliant idea to use this very well known Swedish crime-cop for this kind of movie.
So many scenes... The opening with the gas masks... The ordering of the taxi for the most renowned conspiracy theorist (The Police Conspiracy) Sven Anér (playing himself, as do many of the private investigators, creating a very strange feeling in the film), and the following taxi ride with Tina Turner's »What's Love...» as a soundtrack over Anér's monologue. Pure genius! And the absolutely hopeless reconstructions... One favorite scene is the »15 min's with a lawyer» at the local library, where the lawyer is no one less than Göran Lambertz, perhaps the most famous (and scolded) lawyers (and a former General Attorney) in Sweden. There's such sadness and absurd humour in this movie.
But it's an acquired taste, for sure.