The brutal murder of a family in their Stockholm house launches a police investigation. The lack of clues prompts Detective Inspector Joona Linna to seek the help of a famous hypnotist, Erik Maria Bark. The idea is to have him interrogate the only survivor, a 15 year-old boy in a state of shock, to try and track down his missing sister. The investigation takes an unexpected turn when Bark's son is kidnapped. Joona and Erik Maria will have to work together to solve both mysteries.  

Stockholm, 1946. Gained international fame with Mitt liv son hund (My Life as a Dog, 1985), which earned him the Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay and was named Best Film in a Foreign Language by the New York Film Critics' Association. In 1991, he began his Hollywood adventure with Once Around (1991), followed among others by What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Cider House Rules (1999, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor to Michael Caine), Chocolat (2000), An Unfinished Life (2005) and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011).