
The Pyramid
Seen it?2007 | 88 min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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