BECK International Authors and Films

Beck is the intriguing Dutch adaptation of “The Locked Room”, a crime mystery by Sweden’s acclaimed writing team Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. featuring their series· detective Martin Beck (Jan Decleir). who was also featured in the American film The Laughing Policeman. Beck is a police officer who. upon recovering from a near-fatal injury, undertakes his first assignment back on duty-the discarded investigation of a supposed suicide or impossible murder in a sealed apartment. In engaging, dramatic style. director Bijl paints an elaborate web of intrigue and romance, while always questioning the fleeting moments that can determine the course of a person’s life. “Shot in a measured, cool style. Beck is an absorbing meditation on the capricious nature of fate and the need to recognize when it has played one an ace “-Sheila Whitaker. London Film Festival