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The City and the City( 2018)

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Overview

When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the murdered girl came from Ul Qoma, a city that shares a dangerous and volatile relationship with Besźel, and this case will challenge everything Borlú holds dear.

    Series Cast

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      Danny Webb

      Major Syedr

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      Lara Pulver

      Katrynia Borlú

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      Mandeep Dhillon

      Constable Corwi

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      David Morrissey

      Tyador Borlú

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      Ron Cook

      Commissar Gadlem

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      Maria Schrader

      Senior Detective Dhatt

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      Christian Camargo

      Doctor Bowden

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      Paprika Steen

      Professor Mona Ul-Nadi

    Current Season

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    Season 1

    2018 | 4 Episodes

    Season 1 of The City and the City premiered on Apr 06 2018

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Aug 29 2020
    I had thought about reading the novel before watching this series, but I did a quick inventory of how many books I have lined up to read and decided to go ahead and watch it. Overall I found this futuristic film to be entertaining. It follows a detective trying to solve a mystery in what is truly a unique setting for a mystery, in a city that shares part of its space with a sister city, almost like in a parallel universe. And there are rumors and traces of a further utopian place accessed in this shared city-space. Yes, it is strange stuff, intriguing, but at times unsatisfying. A few of th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Ended

    Status

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    Type

    Scripted

    Original Language

    English

    Keywords

    • detective
    • neo-noir
    • new weird