Did Veronika lose her mind in the cold daylight?
Veronica
The eight-part series will premiere in the US on Tuesday, August 20, exclusively on Viaplay through Viaplay’s Prime Video Channel or their US partners. In Canada, you can find it here. In the UK, you can find it here. I’ve seen all eight episodes.
People keep telling her to leave.
Veronika (Alexandra Rapaport) has a tendency to say what she thinks, no matter how uncomfortable it makes the listener, which often results in her being asked to leave the building immediately. On the other hand, her willingness to speak her mind is of great value to her as a homicide investigator of the local police, even if it constantly leads to bigger and bigger problems in the small community where she lives, where no one seems to approve of her constant suspicions and persistent questions.
Veronika gets into trouble when she sees dead people. At night. During the day. All the damn time. She can’t get them out of her sight, no matter how hard she tries. Is she losing her mind? Or is she someone who may Do you see the not-so-dead, dead souls that keep appearing, begging Veronika to dig deeper, not with words, but through their ghostly appearance?
Her husband Tomas (Tobias Santelmann) and their children Liv (Sarah Rodin) and Simon (Eddie Ericksson Dominguez) are loving and supportive, but Tomas and teenage Liv are cautious about handling and speaking to Veronika, aware of her severe emotional issues in the past that led to her hospitalization. Young Simon feels increasingly connected to her dark, deep-seated personality traits, which is disturbing in itself.
Her new partner Nassir (Arvin Kananian) has only recently joined the police force and isn’t sure what to make of her, especially since Veronika keeps her secrets to herself and doesn’t like to share her emotional problems with others. Nevertheless, they are assigned to work together on a new case that gradually leads them onto the cold trail of a murderer who may still be active.
Developed and written by Katja Juras and Anna Lindblom, under the expert direction of Jonas Alexander Arnby, Veronica is a dramatic mystery series that lights a match and then keeps burning. Unlike many modern noir series, the individual puzzle pieces only come together over time.
The slower than expected pace becomes a virtue, allowing the viewer to empathize more with Veronika. Alexandra Rapaport’s excellent portrayal of the character gradually reveals fifty shades of gray despair. Anyone who has ever experienced loss of any kind or involuntarily plunged into clinical depression will recognize the warning signs, which abound. Even though Veronika is moving forward as best she can because she must.
Veronika’s search for justice intensifies even as the series stays on track, tracking down clues and bad actors and real villains. Sometimes Nordic Noir is a dirty business, like Veronica But it is necessary if you care about doing the right thing. And justice for all.
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