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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix adds a new Nordic noir thriller that's sure to be your next binge — can it live up to The Åre Murders?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Netflix has added Secrets We Keep, a new Nordic noir thriller, which the streamer hopes will match the success of recent global smash The Åre Murders. While The Åre Murders was set in Sweden, we're off to a posh part of Denmark for Secrets We Keep, a drama which sees an au pair turn detective when another au pair goes missing. It's just six parts, so nice and easy to binge. Teasing the plot, Netflix says: "When the young Filipino au pair Ruby disappears from one of Denmark's most affluent neighborhoods north of Copenhagen, the neighbor, Cecilie, becomes convinced that something has happened to her. "Cecilie's own au pair, Angel, begins to investigate the rumors circulating among the area's many au pairs, while suspicions of a crime grow. However, the case of the missing foreigner is a low priority for the police, and the newly minted investigator Aicha needs all the assistance she can get." So, the plot sees the trio join forces to solve the case. However, there's a twist when a connection is found to Cecile's own family. Netflix adds: "She is forced to confront her blind spots and view her family and the environment in which she is raising her children in a whole new light." The cast features Marie Bach Hansen, Danica Curcic, Simon Sears, Lars Ranthe, Sara Fanta Traore, and newcomers Excel Busano and Donna Levkovski. Creator Ingeborg Topsøe says: 'I enjoy experimenting with the genre because it requires the audience's full attention, and placing a crime story in this particular setting is especially compelling. What happens when care and intimacy within the home are outsourced to an au pair? What does that stir in us — and in those closest to us? Does it reveal the best in us, or the worst?" Netflix will be hoping Secrets We Keep can keep up its great run of Nordic noir thrillers. First came The Breakthrough, a four-part murder mystery inspired by a real double murder case in Sweden, which was solved years later using groundbreaking genetic genealogy techniques. Then came the best of the bunch, The Åre Murders, a Swedish detective thriller which became a global smash for the streamer. And most recently was The Glass Dome, another Swedish set show which followed a young criminologist, who was kidnapped as a child and wonders as an adult whether her kidnapper has struck again. Secrets We Keep is on Netflix now. See our best shows on Netflix guide for more series to enjoy.
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Netflix fans obsessed with 'deeply unsettling' brand new Nordic crime drama - which boasts a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score
Netflix fans are obsessed with a 'deeply unsettling' brand new Nordic crime drama - which boasts a perfect 100 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score. Secrets We Keep, a six-part Danish-language series, only dropped on the streamer yesterday - but its portrayals of gender and class tensions have already seen it compared to this year's biggest hits, Adolescence and The White Lotus. The programme begins with the disappearance of a Filipino au pair named Ruby from an affluent Copenhagen neighbourhood. Neighbour Cecilie begins to suspect foul play - but as she investigates along with her own au pair Angel and rookie police officer Aicha, the woman uncovers darker truths than she ever expected. It is created by award-winning Danish screenwriter Ingeborg Topsøe and directed by Per Fly, known for his work on beloved Danish political drama Borgen, released from 2010 to 2022. Along with its high critical praise on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, fans are also already loving it, taking to X to praise the show. One said: 'Secrets We Keep started out like a regular missing persons case but it gradually unravelled into a tangled web of social and sexual controversy that went right for the jugular. 'The show compelled you to question your own prejudice and biases as well. Deeply unsettling.' Another added: 'Secrets We Keep is a good thriller. Danish content. Basically, another example of Europeans making way better content than the hyped Americans.' Someone else said: 'There's a Danish series on Netflix called Secrets We Keep. If you thought Adolescence was something educational, this is another.' Critics have given it equal praise, with review site Collider dubbing it an 'entertaining yet gripping and relevant whodunnit mini-series about tensions and suspicions between the haves and the have-notes'. It added: 'It's hard to imagine it won't find an audience as Secrets We Keep explores similar thematic territory to this year's most zeitgeisty hits Adolescence and The White Lotus and in some ways handles its dark material even better. 'You can watch this remarkably efficient thriller from start to finish in just over three hours and you should.' Marie Bach Hansen, known for her turn in 2019 film The Last Vermeer with Guy Pearce, about a Dutch artist accused of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, takes the lead role of Cecilie. Neighbour Cecilie (pictured) begins to suspect foul play - but as she investigates along with her own au pair Angel and rookie police officer Aicha, the woman uncovers darker truths than she ever expected It has received high critical praise on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Fans are also already loving it, taking to X to praise the show It also stars Lars Ranthe, seen in the 2020 film Another Round with Mads Mikkelsen about high-school teachers who maintain a constant level of alcohol in their blood to aid creativity - which soon goes too far. Director Per has previously said of the series: 'Beneath the polished surface, secrets and conflicts are simmering. 'I was curious to explore what happens when the facade begins to crack – and the human truths emerge.' Creator Ingeborg added: 'I enjoy experimenting with the genre because it requires the audience's full attention, and placing a crime story in this particular setting is especially compelling. 'What happens when care and intimacy within the home are outsourced to an au pair? 'What does that stir in us - and in those closest to us? Does it reveal the best in us, or the worst?'
