"A debate recently went viral on social media, after someone posed the question to women: would you rather be lost in the woods with a man or a bear? Like all the best thought experiments, it exposed wildly different worldviews and experiences, illuminated chasms between the sexes, and was likely to induce an existential crisis if you thought about it for too long."
"Soon in cahoots against him are the sheriff Brahe (Magnus Krepper), the fearsome mill owner Madam Sjodahl (Pernilla August), seen early on dismissing a recently mangled worker with a month's pay while he is still gibbering at the sight of his pulped hand, and anyone else who benefits from a populace who can be bought for a few bottles of the whisky sold by the creepy shopkeeper Lindmark (Jonas Karlsson)."
To Cook a Bear is a six-part period drama set in 1852 in Kengis, an isolated northern Swedish village. A puritanical pastor and his family arrive to establish a ministry and soon face hostility from locals. The pastor protects the poor and indigenous Sami, including his adopted son Jussi, and champions social justice and equality. Wealthy and powerful figures — the sheriff, a ruthless mill owner, and a whisky-selling shopkeeper — collude to preserve their interests. The series depicts class exploitation, cultural tensions, moral confrontation, and escalating personal and political violence in a bleak, remote landscape.
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