19 November 2025
UK/Sweden/Poland Singapore 2023
93 minutes
Director: Caroline Ingvarsson
A Swedish TV presenter seeks sanctuary on the wilds of Exmoor in Caroline Ingvarsson’s suspenseful slow burn noir, based on Håkan Nesser’s bestselling crime novel The Living and the Dead in Winsford. Maria’s life capsizes when shocking accusations are levied against her husband. Initially fleeing the resulting media firestorm together, an unexpected confrontation subsequently inspires Maria to travel alone to Exmoor. Once there, her idyll quickly turns to paranoia forcing her to examine her own self-deception and her complicity in the events of the past. Shot against the arresting landscapes and skies of Sweden and South West England, Ingvarsson’s assured and atmospheric psychological thriller invites its audience to draw their
own conclusions about its troubled heroine, the actions of her and her husband and their farreaching consequences.
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 – Nominee – Nordic Cinema Competition