Security guard Harry Caine (Turturro) is desperately searching for a reason behind the murder of his wife. He spends his nights watching CCTV footage to find a face that might give him a clue. His walls are plastered with 'suspects' but when he closes in on one who might be the killer his world is turned upside down once again...
From the Swedish broadcasters of The Bridge and Jordskott, comes the next gripping, atmospheric and absorbing Nordic mystery drama. On the run from her old life, Vera arrives in a small remote town seeking a new start, only to find herself inextricably entwined in a complex murder investigation. With her marriage and career unravelling, Vera leaves this city behind to pursue a new job in Ãngelby. However, as she drives into the quiet town, she accidentally hits a young man with her car but it transpires that the man was already dead. As the residents of her new community are rocked to the core by a series of increasingly strange happenings, it soon becomes apparent, that unknowingly, only Vera holds the key to their mystery.
Who knows what secrets lurk in the souls of man? In 18th century Vienna one man discovers the truth-and pays the price. His patients call him a miracle worker; his colleagues dismiss him as a quack. Meet Franz Anton Mesmer (Alan Rickman Galaxy Quest Dogma Sense and Sensibility): physician hypnotist self-promoter hopeless romantic and man ahead of his time. Employing revolutionary ideas about ""animal magnetism"" and the power of suggestion Mesmer gains local acclaim by curing his disturbed young cousin. Shortly thereafter beautiful blind pianist Maria Theresa Paradies (Amanda Ooms) seeks Mesmer's aid setting in motion a dizzying doomed love affair as her cure becomes both his greatest triumph and his downfall. In this thought-provoking film from acclaimed screenwriter Dennis Potter (The Singing Detective) and director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) everything we know-or think we know-about the nature of consciousness is called into question. As the man who scandalized Vienna and Paris and threw the medical establishment into an uproar Alan Rickman delivers a tour de force performance that won the Best Actor Award at the Montreal Film Festival. Music composed by three-time Golden Globe Nominee Michael Nyman
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