Cruelty: New Nordic Cinema Series

After two young girls, ages seven and ten, disappear from a playground and are found brutally murdered, Reykjavik is rocked by the tragedy. As detectives Edda Davíðsdóttir and Jóhannes Scram track down clues, determined to solve the case by any means necessary, they also to uncover a series of disturbing details that makes them realize that it may be one of the worst crimes in the history of the city.

And as Edda is drawn personally into the case — when her brother, recently released from prison, is named one of the suspects — the uncertainty surrounding the crime becomes all the more pervasive.