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Season of the Witch (TV Miniseries)

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Original title

Tími nornarinnar

Year

2011

Running time

198 min.

Country

Iceland

Director

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Screenwriter

Ivan Samuel

Cast

Music

Hallur Ingólfsson

Cinematography

Ari Kristinsson

Producer

Co-production Iceland-Sweden;

Ríkisútvarpið-Sjónvarp (RÚV), SVT, Norsk Rikskringkasting, YLE/SARI Volanen

Genre

TV Series. Mystery. Drama | TV Miniseries. Crime

Synopsis

When the editors at Reykjavik-based The Afternoon News decide to expand the newspaper into northern Iceland —with their crime writer Einar as its sole reporter on location— the journalist feels as though he has stepped back in time. Compared to the hustle and bustle of the capital, where the nation’s economic and social crises rear their heads on a daily basis, the small town of Akureyri feels slow, quiet, and terribly old-fashioned.

So it’s only fitting that one of Einar’s first assignments is to cover a college theater production of 'Loftur the Sorcerer', an Icelandic folktale of ambition and greed. But that supposedly ancient history becomes ominously relevant when a local woman dies after falling overboard during a corporate boating retreat. All evidence indicates an accident, but when the victim’s mother cries foul play, kindhearted Einar agrees to investigate. Just days later, the lead actor in 'Loftur' vanishes, leaving the locals reeling—and Einar unconvinced that a single village could be so accident prone. Keenly perceptive and hungry for the truth, Einar begins to chip away at the quaint small-town facade, uncovering a tangled web of power and greed that threatens to devour the historic community for good.

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Season of the Witch (TV Miniseries)

2011

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson