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This week's film and series – Family in dissolution

Josephine Bornebusch's film "Let Go" premieres on Netflix and Lasse Hallström is behind the new thriller "The Darkness" on SkyShowtime. Here are this week's films and series.

This week's film and series – Family in dissolution

Lena Olin: We try to work our way out of grief

She traveled to Iceland and found a kindred spirit in a tough police commissioner on the verge of collapse. It's premiere day for "The Darkness" – her husband Lasse Hallström's new Icelandic TV thriller in English.

Lena Olin: We try to work our way out of grief

Then Lasse Hallström's TV series premieres

Lasse Hallström's new TV series premieres on Sky Showtime on November 1, announces the streaming service. The English-language "The Darkness" is based on Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson's crime novels about Commissioner Hulda Hermannsdóttir, who, just before she is about to retire, becomes embroiled in a shocking murder investigation.

Then Lasse Hallström's TV series premieres