By Adam Ruhl
Kennedy’s Brain is about the most misleading title I could
imagine for this German TV movie. Primarily because aside from one mention;
Kennedy’s Brain does not feature in any way. This movie is based on a novel by Swedish
novelist Henning Mankell who is best known in America for his ‘Wallander’
series and produced by Bavaria Pictures. The novel’s title is Kennedy’s Hjärna,
which does correctly translate to Kennedy’s Brain.
So past the title how is it? The short answer is pretty
shocking and stunning and awesome. This movie is the shortest of the three
releases that I've covered but also the most gripping and intense. It is set in
modern day Sweden, Norway, and Africa and deals with some very heavy subject
matter that may make the audience a little squeamish. As with all the releases
in this series it succeeded in showing me entirely new places and points of
view.
Louis Cantor (Iris Berben) is a Swedish archaeologist who
receives a phone call from her journalist son, who has recently returned from
traveling abroad, asking to see her. When she goes to meet him the next morning
she finds him dead of an apparent suicide. Unable to accept that he would kill
himself and unsupported by the police, she begins to dig into her son’s work to
find out if someone wanted him dead. This launches her into an intrigue that
takes her all the way to South Africa and a clinic in Mozambique. The mystery
gets deeper and deeper and neither Louis, nor anyone that she draws into this journey
is safe.
Kennedy’s Brain is available in a two part DVD set and runs
just about three hours. Iris Berben is joined in the cast by Mikael Nyqvist
(The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Rolf Lassgard (Wallander). Kennedy’s
Brain is available on Amazon.
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