A Mulher dos Mortos

The way the story slowly reveals the depths within the main character is stimulating in this story. It's got a revenge thread through it but I found the unfolding of the main character more interesting.

Ultimately the series is very satisfying. The protagonist dances with the multiple antagonists. One ups the other, then back again, like a game of tennis. Our 'hero' protagonist has a riveting journey form the viewer perspective. But the thing is, is she really a hero?

The whole film is well cast with the perfect villains and victims. There's some nasty torture implications in this, but these scenes are not so explicit thankfully.

A surprisingly remarkable Austrian film. I've watched revenge movies before but this one is something new to offer by way of an intriguing storyline.

It's a great character study. Brunhilde Blum's journey from a quiet, contented wife and mortician to a remorseless avenger is compelling. You feel her quiet rage as she proceeds to hunt down, one by one, those respectable people responsible for the murder of her dear husband. All this taking place while she cares for her children and managing her funeral home. And the revenge is spectacular.

That she's able to talk to dead people as sounding board, whilst not a unique plot device, is darkly humorous as done here.

Quite competent actors. And the mountainscape as captured in film is short of mesmerizing.

Moralists might be disturbed by the message of the film as it seems to glorify impunity. But life is never easy; never black or white. Each is answerable ultimately for his/her actions.

I liked the main character and binge watched the whole series, I wasn't disappointed. There's many layers to the plot and I don't think I could have predicted where it went. It's not just about revenge but also about a woman who is hell bent on revenge trying to juggle her family at the same time. She has her own personal issues too. I'd love to see another series in the future, I would certainly watch it. It's probably not aimed at the younger generation but an older one. It's more like midsummer murders on steroids. The scenery is beautiful and all the characters play their parts well. I enjoyed it.

This six part Austrian series is centred on Brunhilde Blum, the owner of a funeral home high in the Alps. In the opening scenes we see how her parents drowned while she slept on their boat's deck when she was much younger. Now she is married to a policeman who appears to be contacting another woman behind her back. The first she learns of this is when she finds his second phone after he is killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident. She manages to find the other woman and discovers something much worse than a suspected affair. It looks as though powerful people had reasons for wanting her husband dead. She is determined to get to the truth even though it puts her in danger.

I thought this was an impressive drama. The story didn't go quite as I expected, which was a pleasant surprise and, as well as an interesting mystery and revenge story, there are some delightfully dark comic moments. Brunhilde is a fine central character and Anna Maria Mühe does a great job in the role. The rest of the cast are solid too. The alpine location is scenic and adds to the cold atmosphere of the series. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of European crime dramas.

These comments are based on watching the series in German with English subtitles.

A brutal revenge investigation series with many layers of secrets (no spoilers)

investigative series + revenge that the plot looks simple. The villain is not difficult to guess from the beginning of the story. But the story has something different with the heroine's imaginative ability to talk to the corpse. And her actions unexpectedly surprised the audience in every episode. Chapters are not complicated. But hides many secrets that are more than the main plot tactfully until the final ending I recommend that you shouldn't miss it. And the more people who like brutal investigations This definitely answers the question.