As seen on the BBC

Based on an Award-Winning, Best-Selling Crime Novel

“Superior Swedish thriller” -The Guardian

“Your next streaming obsession” -What to Watch

“Sweden delivers again with the BBC thriller End of Summer…

(for) Sharp Object and True Detective fans” -The Sunday Times

“I doubt you’ll guess what really happened that day.” -Radio Times

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Recently aired on the BBC, the captivating, must-see Nordic noir End of Summer makes its highly anticipated North American debut on Tuesday, September 10 on the Viaplay streaming service. The six-part psychological thriller is based on the award-winning crime novel by former police officer Anders de la Motte and directed by Jens Jonsson (Young Wallander) and Henrik Georgsson (The Bridge). The stellar cast features Julia Ragnarsson (Midsommar, The Bridge) and Erik Enge (Tigers, Delete Me, The Sandhamn Murders) as they unravel the haunting secrets behind a long-lost disappearance.

In the Swedish summer of the late 90s, 14-year-old Vera's refusal to let her little brother Billy accompany her results in his inexplicable disappearance. The entire community engages in the search but to no avail and rumors and suspicions spread fast. A limited investigation follows but is eventually closed down. Grief and uncertainty slowly break down the boy’s family.

Twenty years later, Vera is leading a group grief therapy session in Stockholm. They are joined by a hauntingly familiar young man who tells the group about his fractured childhood memories. Vera is shaken by his eerily familiar story. Reluctantly she is forced to jeopardize the frail existence she has built and go back to her shattered family to uncover the truth about Billy’s fate. She begins asking questions about the past that no one wants her to ask: Is this young man really her long lost brother? What happened during that summer that never ended? The truth might destroy her world all over again.

End of Summer co-stars Simon J. Berger (Exit, Harry Hole), Torkel Petersson (Torpederna), Linus James Nilsson (Margrete: Queen of the North), Vilhelm Blomgren (Midsommar), and Lars Schilken (The Hunt for a Killer).

(6 episodes, Swedish with English subtitles)

COMING UP ON VIAPLAY: 

·        Tues., Sep 17: Munch– Feature film on the untold journey of a tormented genius told within an innovative framework (Trailer)

·        Tues., Sep 17: Cody Gakpo – Psalm 20:40 - Sports documentary on the Euro Cup Superstar

·        Tues., Sep 24: Taelgia (Trailer) – A Swedish crime drama where families, police and criminals are caught in a crossfire of loyalties, demands and guilt

About Viaplay:

The Viaplay streaming service features thousands of hours of premium Nordic and European series and films. Viaplay’s US content offering focuses on the Nordic region’s high-quality and psychologically penetrating titles: from atmospheric and suspenseful crime dramas and provocative and stylish young adult series to award-winning dramas and riveting documentaries. Now available:

·        Nordic Noir/Crime Dramas: Lars Mikkelsen in Face to Face, an intense interrogation drama; Murderesses, a gripping Polish crime thriller; Furia S1&2, a hit political thriller; Veronika, a psychological thriller with a supernatural twist; Trom, a mystery set in the picturesque Faroe Islands; Detective Maria Kallo S1&2, based on the bestselling book series; Darkness: Those Who Kill S1-3, a hugely popular Nordic Noir series; and Black Sands, a dark, popular Icelandic mystery; as well as all three films from the renowned Millennium/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy

·        Young Adult Series: Provocative dramas Threesome and Delete Me and coming of age LGBTQ+ short form series One of the Boys  

·        Dramas: Timely, isolationist drama The Fortress, starring Russell Tovey; The Architect, the award-winning dystopian dramedy starring Eili Harboe (Succession) and called “vicious and funny” by The New York Times; International Emmy-nominated The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen starring Connie Nielsen (Gladiator); and Swedish ‘TV Drama of the Year’ nominee Limbo

·        Documentaries: Haunting true crime docuseries Under the Radar – Secrets of a Swedish Serial Killer operating in America; The Most Remote Restaurant in the World, a “can’t miss documentary” (Forbes) following the nearly impossible journey of a chef to set up shop in a remote location; sports documentaries on footballers Bendtner and Haaland; and Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled, a star-studded, intimate portrait of the legendary actress.