Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex (2012)

The corpse of a young woman is found in a public park. Annika Bengtzon, a criminal reporter at the tabloid Kvällspressen, starts researching and gets more and more personally involved as ... See full summary »

Director:

Agneta Fagerström-Olsson (as Agneta Fagerström Olsson)

Writers:

Liza Marklund (novel), Antonia Pyk (screenplay)

Stars:

Malin Crépin, Björn Kjellman, Leif Andrée

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Malin Crépin	...	Annika Bengtzon
Björn Kjellman	...	Anders Schyman
Leif Andrée	...	Spiken
Kajsa Ernst	...	Berit Hamrin
Erik Johansson	...	Patrik Nilsson
Felix Engström	...	Q
Richard Ulfsäter	...	Thomas Samuelsson
Leonard Terfelt	...	Christer Lundgren
Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl	...	Statsministern (as Anders Ahlbom)
Johannes Alfvén	...	Joachim
Madeleine Martin	...	Patricia
Anna Azcárate	...	Karina Björnlund
Ana Gil de Melo Nascimento	...	Marie Lundgren
Mats Blomgren	...	Josephines pappa
Anna-Lena Hemström	...	Josephines mamma

Storyline

The corpse of a young woman is found in a public park. Annika Bengtzon, a criminal reporter at the tabloid Kvällspressen, starts researching and gets more and more personally involved as she learns that the victim worked as a stripper at the club Studio sex and was brutally murdered. Evidence arises that the Minister of Finance was present at Studio sex on the night of the murder, and a political scandal ensues. But things are not as they appear.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a nude woman | nudity | minister | murder | tabloid | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

MHz Networks [United States] MHz Networks [United States]

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

18 July 2012 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex

Box Office

Budget:

SEK15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yellow Bird, Degeto Film, TV4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

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User Reviews

The best so far

"Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex" is the third movie based on Liza Marklund's novels, and the best so far. It still offers a very simple, even if more interesting than in previous efforts, mystery, but it excels in the atmosphere department, and the acting and direction are more sound and assured.

The case is quite simple: the corpse of a woman is found in a park and Annika Bengtzon will try to find who killed her, getting entangled in politics, shady businesses and never backing down.

The mystery per se is not much of a mystery. There is not much in character development, and the plot is your run-of-the-mill going from one place to another and then another and another... while Bengtzon talks with people trying to find more information about the killed woman and her lifestyle.

But compared with the other movies, this has a better atmosphere and a good soundtrack, which helps in making the movie more interesting. Also the direction seems to have a clearer focus of where it is intending to go. And the actors seem more comfortable with their roles, starting with Malin Crépin, who seems more believable as Bengzton than in the other films. The character has some good moments, and Crépin holds her own in them.

All in all, it is an interesting one hour and a half, not very deep but fun enough.