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The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider

Name: The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider
Director: Rickard Petrelius
Released: 2013
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

4.5/10

Fair

2013

Director

Rickard Petrelius

Runtime

90 minutes

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The film functions as a traditional Nordic Noir procedural, prioritizing atmospheric tension and mystery over diverse representation. While it offers some progressive shifts in character dynamics, it remains largely conventional. The lack of racial, LGBTQ+, and disability diversity, combined with a reliance on traditional social structures, results in a narrow demographic profile.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film centers on the established romantic partnership between Patrik and Erica, following traditional relationship structures common in crime procedurals.

How does The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider portray gender?

Good

Erica Falck provides significant intellectual influence, driving the investigation through social and professional spaces. Jessica, a coast guard and diver, also plays a key role in the story.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider?

Limited

The production reflects the demographic homogeneity typical of a coastal Swedish village, with no evidence of a diverse, multi-ethnic cast.

How does The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider represent religion and culture?

Limited

The narrative operates within standard Western institutional frameworks, focusing on law enforcement and civic associations. It does not overtly critique Western institutions or religious structures.

Does The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no discernible evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities. The story focuses on the physical and intellectual capabilities of the investigators.

Present on Screen

Female protagonists like Erica Falck exercise significant intellectual influence and drive the investigation.
Characters such as Jessica play specialized, actively leading professional roles like coast guard and diver.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks racial and ethnic diversity, reflecting a highly homogeneous Swedish setting.
There is no visible representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth narratives.
The story provides no discernible representation of characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

The young coast guard and diver Jessica finds two dead scuba divers after a storm. She disagrees with her superiors that it was an accident and seeks the help of her childhood friend Patrik. Patrik and Erica, who are on their way to a romantic holiday, make a detour to the beautiful village of Kungshamn. They soon become involved in the case. Erica hides her real identity as the policemans wife and is invited to join the museum association. Already during the first meeting she attends the associations chairman is found murdered... The three deaths are now officially opened for investigation, and the common denominator between the victims seems to have been an interest in the wreckage of a 1820s ship. Did somebody finally find it? And what cargo did it carry? What caused the ship to sink?

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