End of Summer (TV series)
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| Genre | Crime thriller |
| Based on | End of Summer by Anders de la Motte |
| Screenplay by | Stefan Thunberg Björn Carlström |
| Directed by | Jens Jonsson Henrik Georgsson |
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| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language | Swedish |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producers | Stefan Thunberg Björn Carlström Per Janérus |
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End of Summer is a 2024 Swedish television series. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Anders de la Motte. It stars Julia Ragnarsson and Erik Enge.
The six-part series is produced by Viaplay and directed by Jens Jonsson and Henrik Georgsson. It was written by Stefan Thunberg and Björn Carlström, who also produced the series with Per Janérus. The series is also produced with Harmonica Films, SF Studios and Film i Skåne. [1]
Premise
[edit]As a child, Vera witnesses her mother's suicide by drowning herself in a local lake. Now an adult, Vera is a psychologist facilitator for a grief support group. After becoming sexually involved with a client, Vera has been put on probation in her job. Vera promises that the relationship has ended, but her sessions with the group are kept provisionally under observation by a manager until she is deemed to be stable enough to rejoin their practice and work independently. [2]
Vera meets a young man, Isak, who comes to one group meeting. Isak claims that when his mother died she told him he was adopted. Some of his confused early memories remind her of her own childhood and her younger brother Billy - who disappeared in rural Sweden 20 years previously, in 1984. Vera becomes obsessed with Isak, thinking that he is her now-adult brother Billy who went missing some twenty years before. Her rather tactless investigations cause ructions with her still-grieving father Ebbe, her policeman brother Mattias, and her impulsive uncle Harald. All three men are convinced that Tommy Rooth, a local drifter, was involved in Billy's abduction (and possibly murder; no body was found).
Over the course of six episodes, the truth emerges.
Cast
[edit]The cast is led by Julia Ragnarsson and Erik Enge:[3]
- Julia Ragnarsson as Vera
- Erik Enge as Isak
- Simon J Berger as Månsson
- Torkel Petersson as Harald
- Jerker Fahlström as Sailor
- Linus James Nilsson as Tommy Rooth
- Ida Gyllensten as Magdalena
- Anna Granath as Berit
- Per Ragnar as Jeppson
- Vilhelm Blomgren as Mattias
- Lars Schilken as Ebbe
- Ellen Nikka as Young Vera
- Akay Jasarovski as Billy
- Emelie Garbers
- Henrik Norlén
- Bahador Foladi
Broadcast
[edit]It appeared on Viaplay's Australian partners SBS On Demand in March 2024.[2] In April 2024, rights for the series were acquired in France by Polar+,[4] and in the United Kingdom by the BBC.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (28 June 2022). "Viaplay Orders 'End of Summer' Thriller Series with 'Young Wallander,' 'The Bridge' Helmers on Board (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Rising star Erik Enge on searching for the past in Nordic mystery 'End of Summer'". sbs.com. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (1 February 2023). "Viaplay, SF Studios Cast Nordic Stars Julia Ragnarsson, Erik Enge for Psychological Thriller 'End of Summer' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Middleton, Richard (3 April 2024). "Polar+ in France buys Viaplay dramas 'End Of Summer' & 'Fenris'". tbivision.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Sayce, Rebecca (18 April 2024). "BBC acquires Swedish crime drama with The Bridge star". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 April 2024.