Försvunnen 

A girl disappears on her way to school, and suspicion falls on her father who has been fighting for her custody. Wallander's investigation is helped when he visits a woman whom he had arrested when her own daughter disappeared.

Director:

Leif Magnusson

Writers:

Niklas Rockström (screenplay), Henning Mankell (characters)

Stars:

Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Krister Henriksson	...	Kurt Wallander
Charlotta Jonsson	...	Linda Wallander
Signe Dahlkvist	...	Klara Wallander
Douglas Johansson	...	Martinsson
Mats Bergman	...	Nyberg
Fredrik Gunnarsson	...	Svartman (as Fredrik Gunnarson)
Malena Engström	...	Bea
Sven Ahlström	...	Mattson
Marianne Mörck	...	Ebba
Gustaf Hammarsten	...	Viktor Nilsson
Liv Mjönes	...	Helen Svedberg
Anna Wallander	...	Jannika Hammar
Claudio Salgado	...	Pablo
Isabella Lindquist	...	Ella Svedberg
Karin Holmberg	...	Anna Skogfält (as Karin 'Kickan' Holmberg)

Storyline

Young girl bicycles off to school leaving her estranged parents in the midst of an argument. She disappears and her bicycle is tossed into the water. Kurt returns from his suspension and he and the team first focus on the mother and her Chilean ex, the girl's father. They are both suing for full custody, and so both have a motive to keep her from the other. But Kurt senses a similarity with an unsolved disappearance of a little girl from several years before, a case in which he aggressively fixated on the girl's mother as the suspect. Now has to get her cooperation before the rest of the team moves onto another suspect.

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Plot Keywords:

girl | death | bare chested male bondage | child abduction | flashback | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

24 May 2014 (UK)

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yellow Bird

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title "Försvunnen" translates in English to "Missing".

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Goofs

Wallander and two others get into his Volkswagen CC, but the interior shots from the car show them seated in a Volvo V70. In a later scene when Wallander gives a woman a lift, the interior of the Volkswagen CC is beige with wood trim when the woman is shown. When Wallander is shown, the interior is suddenly black with aluminum trim and a black roof lining.

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Soundtracks

To A Girl
music & lyrics by Stefan Stenman
performed by Ordinary By Day

User Reviews

Straightforward and suspenseful

I can totally see the approach the screenwriter Niklas Rockström has taken here. Use details from one of the most notorious recent crime cases in Sweden, the abduction of a 10-year old girl in 2008, and combine it with details from one of the most prominent and famous European crime cases from the last decade (which one would be a spoiler but I'm sure you'll get it when you see the movie).

The mix he comes up with is pretty suspenseful. Looking back at the plot, is has some monumental holes and some details are just too unbelievable to be realistic. The lack of plausibility doesn't strike you when you're watching though, as the pace is pretty high.

Another problem is that the film doesn't dare to show some aspects of child abduction in the movie. The film contains some rather dark and disturbing scenes but cowardly shies away from the obvious sexual dimension, probably in order to set up the totally unrealistic ending of the movie.

If the script is a bit so-so, the acting and directing is pretty solid. Krister Henriksson does a good job as does the regular supporting cast. Guest stars include Gustaf Hammarsten, a familiar face to Swedish cinema-goers, and Liv Mjönes, who has worked with Henriksson before in "Kyss Mig".

Overall this is a pretty decent Wallander movie, by no means one of the best but the pretty decent acting and fast pace keeps it interesting throughout.