34 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestThe family comes together as they grapple with Carina and Johannes' news. Darius and Hanne make a big decision, and the party changes course.
Carina brings her family together for a traditional Swedish midsummer, but the happy occasion goes awry when long-held secrets start to come to light.
Acting
Pernilla August serves restrained matriarch energy that cuts deep.
Cinematography
Endless daylight becomes its own haunting character.
Writing
Secrets unfold like a badly wrapped Midsommar gift.
Pernilla August
Carina
Dennis Storhøi
Johannes
Yngvild Støen Grotmol
Psykologen
Amalia Holm Bjelke
Amalia Holm
Axel Bøyum
Iver
Dagny Backer Johnsen
Marianne
Fanny Klefelt
Sara
Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen
Lysander
Christopher Wollter
Håkan
Sofia Tjelta
Helena
Kadir Talabani
Tabur
Liv Bernhoft Osa
Elin
Peiman Azizpour
Darius
Maria Agwumaro
Petronella
Eirik Hallert
Robert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Midsummer is Sweden's biggest holiday; the endless daylight here becomes psychological pressure cooker rather than celebration.
Pernilla August, who plays Carina, is Bergman royalty—her mother was Bibi Andersson, making this generational trauma art imitating life.
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