THE BRIDGE S1 & S2 INTRO

 

The Bridge

 The Bridge is one of the most popular of the Nordic Noir crime dramas that were made in Scandinavia and broadcast globally, with a large British audience. The setting is the bridge that connects Denmark and Sweden and it often features as a setting as well as a metaphor or iconic object.

Nordic Noir is a dark subset of crime fiction genre and it is usually identified by some or all the following:

-       Brutal crimes in safe/quiet communities

-       Urban setting

-       A tortured protagonist, typically a detective with a mysterious or painful past

-       A strong plot, with complex threads and a few plot twists

-       Strong female characters

-       Low key lighting

-       Police

-       Gangsters/thugs

-       Rain and damp streets

Over years, different genres have become identified by the audience by some of the codes and conventions featured in the TV series/film/documentary etc. The audience have been able to identify any genre over the years due to the codes and conventions repeating themselves. However, it is important to recognise that genres are adapting and changing by borrowing conventions from other genres.

In series 1, a woman is found murdered in the middle of Oresund Bridge, exactly on the border between Sweden and Denmark. The Swedish and Danish police need to cooperate in a race against the clock, desperately searching for a murderer determined to go beyond all moral limits to get his message across

In series 2, The second season of the Swedish and Danish thriller series The Bridge, starts 13 months after the events of the first season. ... After a ship with dead bodies on board crashes against the Bridge, Saga seeks for the help of the Danish police corps, including Martin.

The main investigator in The Bridge is Saga Noren (Sofia Helin) she is a Swedish detective. Saga lacks social cues and emotional intelligence which suggest her character have autism.

Important supporting characters from series 1 and 2

·       Sofia Helin as Saga Norén, lead homicide detective in Malmö

·       Kim Bodnia as Martin Rohde, lead homicide detective in Copenhagen

·       Henrik Lundström as Rasmus Larsson, Swedish junior police detective

·       Dag Malmberg as Hans Petterson, the Police Commissioner in Malmö, later married to Lillian

·       Sarah Boberg as Lillian Larsen, the Police Commissioner in Copenhagen, late married to Petterson

·       Rafael Pettersson as John Lundqvist, IT expert for Malmö police

·       Lars Simonsen as Jens Hansen/Sebastian Sandstrod (series 1–2)

• Puk Scharbau as Mette Rohde, Martin Rohde's wife (series 1–2)