Top 10 Kiwi Movies and TV Shows on Netflix: From the Land of Sheep and Hobbits
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Jan 7, 2021
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.’ The past decade saw Taika Waititi take the box office by storm, contributing to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with ‘Thor: Ragnorak’ and making a splash at the Oscars with ‘Jojo Rabbit’. New Zealand has had plenty to offer Hollywood and the golden age of television, but what about homegrown content from this small, sheep-filled country?
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As it shifts fluidly between comedy, romance and drama, one of the main pleasures of this eight-part Swedish series is its unpredictability. Set in a small, financially troubled book-publishing house, it charts the arrival of the new strategy specialist, Sofie (Ida Engvoll), whose job is to propel Lund & Lagerstedt into a more secure future. She arrives impatient and full of confidence, but events take an unexpected turn during her encounters with young IT technician Max (Bjorn Mosten).
Ida Engvoll as Sofie in the Swedish romantic comedy Love & Anarchy.
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After he spies her enjoying what is supposed to be a private moment of pleasure in her office, filming it on his phone, he suddenly holds the upper hand, as she’s been remonstrating with him for making too much noise. But rather than blackmailing her, which she expects, he asks only that she take him out for lunch. After that, he says, he’ll delete the incriminating footage.