‘The Dark Heart’ Trailer Unveils ‘The Guilty’ Helmer Gustav Möller’s New Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Gustav Möller, whose characteristic debut “The Responsible” received Sundance’s Viewers award in 2018, is again with “The Darkish Coronary heart,” a gripping sequence based mostly on Joakim Palmkvist’s bestselling true-crime thriller novel.

Represented worldwide by REinvent Worldwide Gross sales, the five-part sequence is world premiering just about at Sundance pageant within the Indie Episodic part.

The sequence was penned by Möller and Oskar Söderlund, a preferred screenwriter whose credit consists of Netflix’s hit sequence “Snabba Money.” FLX, the SF Studios-owned Swedish banner behind “Quicksand” and “Solsidan,” produced the present for Discovery Plus.

“The Darkish Coronary heart” follows Sanna, the 21-year-old daughter of a wealthy landowner in southern Sweden whose father, Bengt, makes his fortune by leasing inherited land to hardworking household farmers. When Sanna begins a relationship with Marcus, the penniless son of a close-by farmer, her father points an ultimatum — depart Marcus or lose her inheritance. Quickly after, Bengt disappears and not using a hint. The native police turns to Tanja, an investigator with Lacking Folks Sweden, whose ardour for fixing the case shortly turns into an obsession.

The suspenseful sequence is predicated on the true story of Therese Tang, a Lacking Folks volunteer who solved a homicide case within the city of Förlösa in 2012.

Chatting with Selection, Möller stated “The Darkish Coronary heart” isn’t a whodunit,” however slightly a personality examine. “Fairly early on, we get a way of who’s responsible and who shouldn’t be, so the sequence is way more concerning the psychology of those characters. What I believed was actually fascinating once I learn Joakim Palmkvist’s e-book is how comparable the 2 protagonists are,” stated the filmmaker. “What introduced them collectively regardless of their variations is the truth that they’re each outsiders and ravenous for self-realization and recognition — one will get there by violence and homicide, whereas the opposite will get there by attempting to unravel a homicide.”

Möller and Söderlund break up inventive duties on “The Darkish Coronary heart.” Söderlund spoke to the creator of the e-book and folks concerned within the case whereas writing the story. Möller centered on the characters and directed all 5 episodes.

The Swedish helmer stated he was “fascinated” by the challenge as a result of it touches upon trendy, but timeless themes. “You have got this household feud and this wealthy patriarch; it felt like one thing from a nineteenth century novel, however the themes and characters had been very up to date,” Möller added.

Since he’s been dwelling in Denmark for 13 years and made his characteristic debut “The Responsible” in Danish, Möller stated he was completely satisfied to return to his homeland in Sweden to make “The Darkish Coronary heart.”

“It was a fantastic alternative for me to have the ability to work with some Swedish expertise that I had watched,” stated Möller.

The present’s tense ambiance can be bolstered by the unique rating composed by Petter Winnberg, a member of the Swedish band Amason. “The music actually captures the people soul of Sweden,” stated Möller.

Subsequent up, Möller is creating two characteristic tasks, together with “Snow Blind” with Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred within the U.S. remake of “The Responsible,” which was launched by Netflix final fall. He’s additionally writing a second Danish characteristic, which he describes as being in the identical veins as “The Responsible” however with a lady as the principle character.

Watch the trailer beneath: