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Plot Summary:
The country estate of Rödbergshyttan is surrounded by heavily fragrant roses in every color. There lives the beautiful Gabriella, who Christer loves, and an invitation to their engagement party is the reason for Puck and Einar to travel there. But the rose-scented idyll soon turn into a stifling background when Puck finds Gabriella's grandfather poisoned in his bed. Little by little we learn that the relations between the people living at the estate is everything but uncomplicated, and that there is a sexual frustration behind every well polished marriage. The question is to what extent beautiful Gabriella is involved in the intrigues and how much of a coincidence it is that her grandfather is killed just when Christer is in the house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, detective, period piece, exciting, contemplative
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IMDB Votes: 132
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IMDB Votes: 203
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 307
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Crimes of Passion: King Lily of the Valley (2013)
Plot Summary:
Spring is in the air and Puck and Einar, as well as Christer Wijk are invited to a wedding in Skoga. The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be enters a flower-shop in order to inspect her bridal bouquet of lily of the valley, but suddenly vanishes without at trace. When she eventually turns up again, it is Christer who finds her. She lies dead outside her home with a bouquet of lily of the valley in her hand. Everybody close to the bride are suspects, not least her best friend, whom Christer has just begun flirting with. Everybody seems to have something to hide. Question is: are their secrets connected to the murder?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Crimes of Passion: Death of a Loved One (2013)
Plot Summary:
Puck has been invited by her tutor at the university to celebrate midsummer at his secluded cottage on an island together with a group of friends, among them Einar Bure. Puck and Einar are having a secret relationship, and he is the reason she says yes to the invitation. Having been out on a romantic spree with Einar, Puck finds one of the female guests murdered. Einar contacts his friend Christer Wijk, but upon Christer's arrival, the dead body has disappeared. The contact with the outside world is broken when the island's only boat goes missing. They are trapped on the island - and someone among them is a killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, period piece
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Crimes of Passion: Dangerous Dreams (2013)
Plot Summary:
Puck’s new boss turns out to be a control freak, who isolates everyone from the outside world. After a strange death, Puck calls on detective Wijk.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 687
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IMDB Votes: 262
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 98
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Crimes of Passion: Tragedy in a Country Churchyard (2013)
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 648
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Crime
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 659
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 288
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 425
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 872
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IMDB Votes: 21
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IMDB Votes: 169
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IMDB Votes: 1000
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