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The Pyramid

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2007 | 88 min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
If you count yourself among crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing, this one's for you. Keeps you leaning forward.
The mood
Tense, dark and gritty.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 28 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
What might put you off
  • It's in Swedish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Skip it if you want something to relax to.

The film is set in the middle of winter in Ystad and the main character is the middle-aged policeman Kurt Wallander, who this time investigating a drug tangle. It starts with his own goddaughter Eva found dead after taking an overdose. It turns out that heroin is unusually strong and Kurt are now beginning their search for those behind the drugs. But he has a big problem. His boss will not let him look for the person who he suspects has sold the new heroin , but she wants them to look for another drug dealer named Yngve Holm. But Kurt defy the boss's orders and go again and again to Malmo to try to unravel the case. Eventually he gets a hold of the person he suspected. He'll take some photos of him and shows them for their guddotters friend Emma who were drug dealers. She takes Kurt to a friend who claims to have seen the man. The man in the photo is called Heinrich Pasila. Wallander thinks one recognizes Pasila from an earlier murder of guddotterns mother, where the offender is found.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Daniel Lind Lagerlöf

  • Rolf LassgårdKurt Wallander
  • Marie RichardsonMaja
  • Kerstin AnderssonLisa
  • Lars MelinMartinsson
  • Gunilla AbrahamssonEmilia
  • Mats AnderssonFörhörsledare
  • Tommy AnderssonFrank
  • Lia BoysenEmma
  • Dag ElfgrenBöhle
  • Seth EngströmSkidmasken