Based loosely on real events, this told the tale of a father's disappearance (not a mother as implied in the IMDB storyline) and the search for his whereabouts. Compelling it might have been, but that doesn't mean to say I believe that what was recounted in the series was truly what happened in real life. I can't imagine the Swedish police, for a start, being so inept and casual about the disappearance of a rich and important man. It seemed like there were clues galore as to where he was and what had happened as well as very reasonable suspicions. It was hard to believe that the civilian investigator Tanja Thorell could have singlehandedly solved the case in the face of a closed inquiry and risking her own life in the process. I'd love to know what actually happened in the real-life story. I surmise it would have been too boring to have been filmed so much of what we saw on screen was invented.
Nonetheless, it made for a few interesting hours of viewing. The other leads played their parts well; Gustav Lindh played the part of Marcus Tingström with a real sense of menace and as a man on the edge.
I was also intrigued by the forestry angle and the clash between the old and new ways of working. I lived for a while near a plantation in Finland, although the woods surrounding our cottage were wild, and used to see the modern methods used there.
All in all, a decent drama and at five forty-minute episodes, it was just the right length.
