''Black Sands'' ( is, Svörtu Sandar) is an Icelandic

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television series created by

Aldís Amah Hamilton Aldís Amah Hamilton (born 6 April 1991) is an Icelandic actress. She graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2016 and the same year, she appeared as Desdemona in the Vesturport's performance of ''Othello'' in the National Theatre ...

, Andri Óttarsson, and Ragnar Jónsson. It is directed by

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. The show premiered on

Stöð 2 Stöð 2 (literally Station 2) is an Icelandic subscription television channel, owned and operated by Sýn. Founded in 1986, it was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on televisi ...

on 25 December 2021.

Synopsis

The series focuses on Aníta Elínardóttir, a thirty-year-old policewoman who takes a job in her childhood home, the only position she can get after being forced to resign in Reykjavik. She has not been to the village in fourteen years, and in the meantime, it has become a tourist trap, surrounded by black sand. Worst of all, she has to move in with her mother, Elín, with whom she has a broken relationship due to a difficult past. When Aníta arrives in town, the body of a young woman is found on the sandy beach. She seems to have fallen from the overhanging cliff. An investigation begins, led by police chief Ragnar, village doctor Solómon, and the local police team. Nothing criminal seems to have taken place, until a friend of the deceased is found later that night, battered and covered in blood. As the investigation dwindles, Aníta ends up at the centre of a fiery love triangle that complicates things for her. It turns out that the local police have not been properly carrying out investigations, and there are possible links with other cases. A showdown with her mother is inevitable. Aníta gets sucked into the search for a potential mass murderer, and the showdown turns into a nightmare.

Cast and characters

as Aníta Elínardóttir * Þór Tulinius as Ragnar *

Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir (born 2 July 1969) is an Icelandic actress, TV show host, producer and writer. Biography Early life Ólína grew up in Reykjavík with her mother, actress Bríet Héðinsdóttir, and her father Þorsteinn Þo ...

as Elín * Ævar Þór Benediktsson as Gústi * Kolbeinn Arnbjörnsson as Salómon Túlinius * Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir as Fríða Melsteð * Aron Már Ólafsson as Tómas

Episodes

Series 1 (2021)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=13058110 Icelandic-language television shows 2020s Icelandic television series 2020s crime television series Icelandic drama television series Television shows set in Iceland Stöð 2 original programming