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Shame on Dry Land

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After a decade in exile, Dimman arrives in Malta just in time for the wedding of his former best friend and business partner, Fredrik. Fredrik and his wife-to-be, Sara, who are both part of the huge Swedish online gaming community, in Malta, are taken aback -- Dimman isn't even on their guest list. Yet Dimman has come to apologize for vanishing ten years earlier, leaving Fredrik to clean up after their business collapsed. Fredrik has no interest in forgiving Dimman. Disgraced and anxious, Dimman is offered a job by his sugar mama, Kicki. She wants Dimman to keep tabs on Krumm, an investigator from the Swedish tax authority who's snooping around the island's Swedish ex-pat community. Dimman is torn between shadowing Krumm and courting Fredrik, between the romantic idea of a resumed friendship and the cynical insight of permanent exile. In his pursuit of redemption, Dimman finds himself on a manic wild goose chase, paved with lies, deceit and bloody murder.

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Annette Basile FILMINK (Australia) … strikingly handsome … Rated: 14/20 Jan 29, 2024 Full Review Saskia Baron The Arts Desk At least Shame on Dry Land has the decency not to overstay its welcome. Oct 10, 2023 Full Review Elena Lazic Cineuropa Petersén crafts a tight and engrossing thriller that calls back to 1970s neo-noir American films in the way it uses a crime story to look into the moral and psychological makeup of a protagonist both created by and at odds with his environment. Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After a decade in exile, Dimman arrives in Malta just in time for the wedding of his former best friend and business partner, Fredrik. Fredrik and his wife-to-be, Sara, who are both part of the huge Swedish online gaming community, in Malta, are taken aback -- Dimman isn't even on their guest list. Yet Dimman has come to apologize for vanishing ten years earlier, leaving Fredrik to clean up after their business collapsed. Fredrik has no interest in forgiving Dimman. Disgraced and anxious, Dimman is offered a job by his sugar mama, Kicki. She wants Dimman to keep tabs on Krumm, an investigator from the Swedish tax authority who's snooping around the island's Swedish ex-pat community. Dimman is torn between shadowing Krumm and courting Fredrik, between the romantic idea of a resumed friendship and the cynical insight of permanent exile. In his pursuit of redemption, Dimman finds himself on a manic wild goose chase, paved with lies, deceit and bloody murder.
Director
Axel Petersén
Producer
Sigrid Helleday
Screenwriter
Axel Petersén, Axel Petersén
Production Co
Fedra
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Swedish
Runtime
1h 31m