‘The Dark Heart’ Trailer Unveils ‘The Guilty’ Helmer Gustav Möller’s New Series (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentGustav Möller, whose feature debut “The Guilty” won Sundance’s Audience award in 2018, is back with “The Dark Heart,” a gripping series based on Joakim Palmkvist’s bestselling true-crime thriller novel.Represented worldwide by REinvent International Sales, the five-part series is world premiering virtually at Sundance festival in the Indie Episodic section.The series was penned by Möller and Oskar Söderlund, a popular screenwriter whose credits includes Netflix’s hit series “Snabba Cash.” FLX, the SF Studios-owned Swedish banner behind “Quicksand” and “Solsidan,” produced the show for Discovery Plus.“The Dark Heart” follows Sanna, the 21-year-old daughter of a rich landowner in southern Sweden whose father, Bengt, makes his fortune by leasing inherited land to hardworking family farmers.
When Sanna begins a relationship with Marcus, the penniless son of a nearby farmer, her father issues an ultimatum — leave Marcus or lose her inheritance.
Soon after, Bengt disappears without a trace. The local police turns to Tanja, an investigator with Missing People Sweden, whose passion for solving the case quickly turns into an obsession.
The suspenseful series is based on the true story of Therese Tang, a Missing People volunteer who solved a murder case in the town of Förlösa in 2012.Speaking to Variety, Möller said “The Dark Heart” isn’t a whodunit,” but rather a character study. “Quite early on, we get a sense of who is guilty and who is not, so the series is much more about the psychology of these characters.
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