The Man from Majorca

The Man from Majorca

Directed by Bo Widerberg

Produced by Svenska Filminstitutet, SF Studios

1984102 min6.6 / 10

A Nordic noir investigation thriller where institutional corruption and shifting evidence erode certainty, leaving detectives and viewers caught between competing truths.

On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

Questions people ask

  • Is The Man from Majorca easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Man from Majorca scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is The Man from Majorca sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does The Man from Majorca end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Man from Majorca violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

36/ 100

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Rarity15

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Surprise49

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Love50

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