The White Lioness

Episode aired May 8, 2016
TV-PG
1h 29m

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7.1/10

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa.Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa.Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa.

Director
- Benjamin Caron
Writers
- James Dormer
- Henning Mankell
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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

765

YOUR RATING

Director
- Benjamin Caron
Writers
- James Dormer
- Henning Mankell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Based on Henning Mankell's third Kurt Wallander novel, published in 1993 and set in 1992. F.W. de Klerk is the real-life reforming politician featured in the novel, replaced by fictional politician Bernie Mewiya in the modern TV update.

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Version of The White Lioness (1996)

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Featured review

8/10

A very different case for Kurt.

Wallander lands in South Africa for a conference, but gets entangled in a local case, involving a missing Swedish woman.

It's a very unusual story, the Swedish setting adds a bleak, dark layer, that atmosphere is of course absent here, instead we have the bold and dramatic imagery of Africa. We have the contrast of the very poor South Africa and the very affluent Sweden.

Branagh's great, wonderfully straight laced, I love that he doesn't play the hero here.

Bonnie Henna is tremendous as Sergeant Grace, incredibly charismatic, she really does steal the scenes.

8/10