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SEASON
Season 3 of the engrossing mystery series adapted from Swedish crime author Henning Mankell's 'Inspector Wallander' books finds the morose police detective (Kenneth Branagh) experiencing good times, for a change: he and Vanja (Saskia Reeves) move into a quaint country home together. But just when things finally seem to be going his way, life reverses course: a decade-old corpse is found buried on the property. Other cases see him uncovering police corruption in Riga, Latvia, when looking into the murder of a Latvian cop who had helped him with a homicide investigation; and pursuing leads in an arson-murder. He also has an uneasy reconciliation with Linda (Jeany Spark), who has surprising news for him.
19 October 1983, Sweden
11 September 1968, Klippan, Skåne län, Sweden
20 January 1963, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR [now Lithuania]
1980, London, England, UK
2 July 1969, Brasov, Romania
1966, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
7 November 1943, London, England, UK
1959, New Brighton, Merseyside, England, UK
18 April 1960, London, England, UK
28 March 1961, Dublin, Ireland
11 January 1956, Paisley, Scotland, UK
4 December 1946, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
1952, UK
13 October 1968, Lennoxtown, Scotland, UK
September 09, 2012
A murky, haunting realism infuses these addictive shows with their instantly recognizable tone.September 09, 2012
Branagh once again is magnificent in the role, making the flawed detective hugely appealing.September 09, 2012
Branagh is simply perfect here.September 09, 2012
Mood is Wallander's exquisite metier.September 09, 2012
It's a delicate balancing act that Branagh pulls off.September 09, 2012
Gloom is rarely as entertaining as Kenneth Branagh makes it seem in this long-awaited new three-pack of Wallander films.September 09, 2012
Vide Shakespeare and all the other roles, Mr. Branagh has never been better cast.