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Ingeborg Topsøe og Per Fly’s class-based crime series ’Secrets We Keep’ (Danish title: ‘Reservatet’) is ambitious and visually stunning, but it stumbles over its own well-meaning predictability and chilly distance.

The rich assholes are predictably portrayed in new Danish Netflix series

Danica Curcic (right) delivers an intense performance as the tough yet deeply loyal Katarina, whose au pair Ruby suddenly disappears. Marie Bach Hansen (left) has slightly less personality to work with in her role as the prim and proper Cecilie. Foto: Tine Harden, Netflix
Danica Curcic (right) delivers an intense performance as the tough yet deeply loyal Katarina, whose au pair Ruby suddenly disappears. Marie Bach Hansen (left) has slightly less personality to work with in her role as the prim and proper Cecilie. Foto: Tine Harden, Netflix
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»This is the worst possible time for her to do this to us!«

The biggest concerns are about Katarina herself when her Filipino au pair, Ruby (Donna Levkovski), goes missing. Ruby’s passport and a bundle of cash are still in the desk drawer in the damp, moldy basement room of the mansion.

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