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Wallander: The White Lioness (2015)
Episode 1, Season 4
Bubble Burst: Wallander The White Lioness (#4.1)"(2015)
9 May 2016 - 8 out of 10 users found this review helpful.
I love the Wallander Books as well as both the Swedish & BBC television versions...up to this point. 'The White Lioness' is probably my favorite of all the Wallander books. So I was anxiously awaiting last nights Wallander on Masterpiece.
I was extremely disappointed with the end product. Branagh was as solid as ever, but he didn't have much to work with.
The screen adaptation was a shell of the great novel. Not the least bit suspenseful i can understand a perceived need to make it contemporary, not centering it on the possible assassination attempt to either de Klerk or Mandela......but it was so dumbed-down. Such a shame.
I hope another writer and production company like Yellow Bird take this story on and do it justice.
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