Trapped (Icelandic TV series)

Trapped
Also known as Ófærð
Genre
Created by Baltasar Kormákur
Developed by
Written by
Directed by
  • Baltasar Kormákur
  • Baldvin Zophoníasson
  • Börkur Sigthorsson
  • Óskar Thor Axelsson
Starring
Composer(s)
Country of origin  Iceland
Original language(s)
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Sigurjón Kjartansson
Producer(s)
  • Magnus V. Sigurdsson
  • Baltasar Kormákur
Production location(s)
Cinematography Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Editor(s) Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Running time 50 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s) RVK Studios
Distributor Dynamic Television
Release
Original network RÚV
Picture format 16:9 (1080i)
Audio format Stereo
Original release December 27, 2015 (2015-12-27) – present
External links
Website

Trapped (Icelandic: Ófærð) is an Icelandic television mystery drama series, created by Baltasar Kormákur and produced by RVK Studios, that first broadcast in Iceland on RÚV on December 27, 2015.[1] Co-written by Sigurjón Kjartansson and Clive Bradley, based upon an original idea by Kormákur, the first series of Trapped follows Andri Olafsson (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), the chief of police in an unnamed, remote town in Iceland, who tries to solve the murder of a former townsman whose mutilated corpse is recovered by fishermen close to the town's shore. The first series plays out over ten episodes, which were directed by Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Óskar Thor Axelsson and Börkur Sigthorsson.

Golden Globe winner Jóhann Jóhannsson composed the music for the series, while Sigurjón Kjartansson acted as executive producer, alongside Kormákur and Magnus V. Sigurdsson as producers. Dagblaðið Vísir reported on 2 May 2015 that Trapped is the most expensive television series ever made in Iceland, with overall costs estimated to be about 1,000,000,000 kr (€6,500,000). Before this, most Icelandic television series rarely exceeded production costs of 100–200,000,000 kr.[2] RVK Studios provided most of the funding, while Creative Europe also supported the project with 75,000,000 kr. Filming for the first series took place in Siglufjörður, Seyðisfjörður and Reykjavík between December 2014 and May 2015.[2][3][4]

The series received it's worldwide premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 20 September 2015. It has since been sold to numerous broadcasters across the world, including the BBC, which began screening it in the United Kingdom on BBC Four on 13 February 2016.[5] The Weinstein Company purchased the US distribution rights.[6] In September 2016, RÚV announced that a ten-episode second season had been commissioned for broadcast in late 2018, to feature the same lead characters facing "an even more complex and challenging murder case".[7] Principal photography for the second series began in October 2017 in Siglufjörður.

Broadcast

The first episode received it's worldwide premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 20 September 2015, as part of the festival's new Primetime platform of selected television projects.[8] The first series began broadcasting on RÚV in Iceland on 27 December 2015, and broadcasting rights have since been sold to several countries. The series commenced on NRK1 in Norway on 18 January 2016, under the title Innesperret, and on Yle Fem in Finland on 2 February under the titles Fångade (Swedish) and Loukussa (Finnish).[9][10] The series first aired on BBC Four in the United Kingdom on 13 February and on RTÉ2 in Ireland on 21 February under the title Trapped.[11][12][13]

The series has also aired on France 2 in France, and on ZDF in Germany. In Australia, the SBS on Demand released the entire first season for streaming on 16 June 2016, followed by a televisual broadcast on SBS One on 30 November 2016.[14] In Poland, Ale Kino+ began broadcasting the series on 7 September 2016, airing two episodes per week, back-to-back.[15] In Denmark, DR2 began broadcasting the series on 30 November 2016, airing two episodes per week, back-to-back, under the title Fanget.[16]

In the United States, Viceland began broadcasating the series on 19 February 2017. In Belgium, Canvas began broadcasting the series on 11 March 2017. In Portugal, RTP2 began broadcasting the series under the title Encurralados on 13 October 2017. In the Czech Republic, ČT2 began broadcasting the series under the title V Pasti on 12 January 2018.[17] In Italy, TIMvision made the entire first series available on demand from 5 February 2018.

Cast

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

Episode Title Written by Directed by Original airdate UK Viewers
(millions)[18]
1"Episode 1"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive BradleyBaltasar Kormákur13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)1.27
Hjörtur and his girlfriend Dagný have created a secret hideaway in an abandoned factory, where they come to drink, smoke and have sex. When Hjörtur goes downstairs, he discovers that a fire has broken out. He desperately tries but fails to rescue Dagný from the flames. Seven years later, a mutilated torso is caught in fishing nets just off the local harbour, shortly before the arrival of the ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark. Andri, the town's chief of police, starts the investigation with his staff of two junior officers, Hinrika and Ásgeir, while a blizzard sets in, preventing detectives from Reykjavík from reaching the town. The discovery of the torso is initially linked to someone aboard the ferry. Andri therefore orders that no-one may leave the vessel, pending the arrival of the investigation team from Reykjavík. However, the passengers, frustrated by the delay in disembarkation, are eventually allowed off the ship after ferry captain Søren Carlsen shuts down the heating system in the hope of avoiding a police investigation on board. Jonas Malakauskas, a Lithuanian criminal involved in human trafficking, manages to escape from the ferry driving a campervan, where he has imprisoned Joy, a Nigerian girl, and her younger sister Nishadi. Jonas crashes the vehicle and flees on foot, but is quickly captured.
2"Episode 2"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Jóhann Ævar GrímssonBaldvin Zophoníasson13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)1.12
Joy and Nishadi find refuge at Hinrika's home. Local officials, led by former police chief Hrafn Eysteinsson and politician Friðrik Davíðsson, try to tempt the locals to sell their land with a view to Chinese investment in the port, but are met by strong opposition from Guðmundur, an old fisherman and hunter. Meanwhile, the torso is stolen from the fish factory where it was being stored, and Jonas escapes from a police cell, but is found dead after crashing a stolen police car.
3"Episode 3"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Ólafur EgilssonBaldvin Zophoníasson20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)0.97
After a photo of the torso is posted on Twitter, Hjörtur is arrested. He admits to posting the tweet, but denies stealing the body, and is later released when a further body part is found in the harbour together with a receipt which shows that the dead man was never on the ferry.
4"Episode 4"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Ólafur Egilsson & Jóhann Ævar GrímssonBaldvin Zophoníasson20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)0.92
The police determine the identity of the dead man. Guðmundur warns Hrafn about the likelihood of an avalanche and sets off with dynamite to try to draw the snow down safely. His son, Sigurður, tries to stop him, and Andri follows, but the charge, though initially successful, sets off a second avalanche which engulfs all three men.
5"Episode 5"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Ólafur EgilssonÓskar Thór Axelsson27 February 2016 (2016-02-27)0.97
Guðmundur dies of heart failure while locals attempt a rescue, and the avalanche results in the temporary loss of power to the community. Hinrika, cut off by the weather, goes to the house of Rögnvaldur, a disabled man who spends much of his time observing others through a telescope. He tells her that he has seen Hrafn beating his wife. Later, Hrafn is burned to death in his garden shed, with the door locked from the outside.
6"Episode 6"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Jóhann Ævar GrímssonBörkur Sigþórsson27 February 2016 (2016-02-27)0.93
Hinrika questions Hrafn's widow, Kolbrún, who admits she did not get on with her husband. Ásgeir comes across a camera containing a short film of Sigurður quarrelling with a man named Geirmundur, who is believed to be the murder victim. When Andri tries to question Sigurður, he runs away. Andri follows him to his boat in the harbour, where he finds the missing torso in the hold.
7"Episode 7"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Ólafur Egilsson & Jóhann Ævar GrímssonÓskar Thór Axelsson6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)1.09
Sigurður, apparently in a catatonic state, offers no explanation. The weather, having cleared sufficiently for the detective team to arrive from Reykjavik, sees the investigation taken over by Trausti, a former colleague of Andri's. Ignoring Andri's request for Sigurður to be seen by a doctor, Trausti forces a confession and announces he has solved the murders. Sigurður is taken to Reykjavik by helicopter, but suddenly opens the emergency exit mid flight and jumps to his death. When Andri writes a report for his superiors, highlighting the errors made during Trausti's investigation, Ásgeir leaks the contents to a journalist, resulting in an enquiry, to be led by Andri. Meanwhile, Hinrika continues the investigation into the human trafficking operation, and Captain Carlsen is arrested.
8"Episode 8"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive Bradley & Ólafur Egilsson & Jóhann Ævar GrímssonÓskar Thór Axelsson6 March 2016 (2016-03-06)1.08
Confidence wanes in the Reykjavik police's conclusions, and Andri is given the reins over the murder investigations. The ferry captain reveals that he is being controlled by the Faroese "engineer", and the agrees to cooperate with Andri provided that his family in Denmark receives police protection. The engineer is captured, and warns Andri that the murders are nothing to do with him, implying that there are bigger criminals operating in the town. It becomes apparent that Guðni, the hotel manager, is acquainted with the engineer and involved in the trafficking. However, Andri is shocked at the chance discovery that his father-in-law, Eirikur, has in his possession the key to Hrafn's shed padlock, evidently tying him to the murder.
9"Episode 9"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive BradleyBörkur Sigþórsson13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)1.11
On being confronted with the evidence, Eirikur confesses to having set fire to the shed when he realised that Hrafn and his colleagues had conspired to cause the fire in which his daughter Dagný died so that they could claim the insurance payout. Andri and Hinrika learn from Rögnvaldur that Geirmundur had a car, and they eventually find it, leading to the discovery that Geirmundur was the absent father of Maggi, who is the grandchild of Leifur, the proprietor of the fish factory.
10"Episode 10"Sigurjón Kjartansson & Clive BradleyBaltasar Kormákur13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)1.05
Andri deduces that seven years earlier, Geirmundur had raped Maria, but in exchange for not pressing charges Hrafn made a deal with Geirmundur to burn down the fish factory and leave town. Andri coaxes Maggi's mother, Maria, into confessing that she killed Geirmundur in self-defence after he returned to town looking for Maggi, broke into her home, and attacked her. Leifur and his conspirators in the factory fire, including Hrafn, Guðni, and Sigurður, covered up the death and disposed of the body. Guðni, cornered in the fish factory, tries to escape by threatening Andri and Leifur with a gun and locking them in the deep freeze. He shoots Ásgeir, who has come to assist, and threatens to harm Maggi if Hinrika does not allow him to go free. Andri escapes from the freezer, and he and Hinrika arrest Guðni. Agnes leaves town with her boyfriend, her daughters, and her mother, leaving Andri behind alone. The stranded ferry casts off with a new captain, and departs the fjord.

References

  1. ↑ "Trapped review: stuck in a stormy, moody fjord with a killer on the loose? Yes please", The Guardian, 15 February 2016. Accessed 21 February 2016
  2. 1 2 Atli Már Gylfason (May 5, 2015). "Dýrasta sería Íslandssögunnar: Sjáðu stikluna". DV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tökur á "Ófærð" hafnar á Siglufirði". Klapptré (in Icelandic). January 24, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Jakob Bjarnar (January 24, 2015). "Baltasar leggur Siglufjörð undir sig". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ BBC Four: Trapped - Who was Geirmundur Jonsson? Geirmundur is thought to have had a feud with Hrafn. Accessed 11 March 2016
  6. ↑ "'Trapped': TIFF Review", 18 September 2015
  7. ↑ "Icelandic Crime Series 'Trapped' Gets Second Season", Hollywood Reporter, 14 September 2016. Accessed 15 September 2016
  8. ↑ "TIFF's First-Ever TV Lineup Includes Jason Reitman's 'Casual' and 'Heroes Reborn'". Indiewire, August 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ "NRK TV – Se Innesperret". NRK TV. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  10. ↑ "Jakso 2 | Loukussa". areena.yle.fi. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  11. ↑ "TRAPPED ***NEW SERIES*** | RTÉ Presspack". presspack.rte.ie. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  12. ↑ "BBC Four announces brand new drama acquisition, Trapped". bbc.co.uk. April 27, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  13. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (February 1, 2015). "Baltasar Kormakur's Icelandic Crimer 'Trapped' Set to Travel Abroad (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ Knox, David (May 31, 2016). "SBS On Demand: Trapped". TV Tonight. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ale kino+ Trapped - Serial kryminalny". Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  16. ↑ "DR2 fanget". Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  17. ↑ http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/11599761360-v-pasti/
  18. ↑ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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