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Beartown (Björnstad, 2020) is a Swedish drama series you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Peter Grönlund and based on Fredrik Backman's bestselling novel. In the small, isolated town of Björnstad, the junior hockey team's run to the national semifinal is the biggest thing to happen in years. The burden of an entire community's hope rests on a group of teenagers.
The night before the big game, one of the team's star players attacks Maya, the sports director's daughter. What follows is not a whodunit — the audience knows early on — but an unflinching look at how a community picks sides. Miriam Ingrid, Oliver Dufåker, and Ulf Stenberg lead a strong ensemble. Rated TV-MA.
Backman's novel was about the machinery of denial: how towns, families, and institutions protect their own regardless of who gets hurt. Grönlund's adaptation keeps that machinery visible and running. Not a redemption arc in sight. Stream Beartown (2020) online on iFILM.
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