Acquitted

Acquitted

NR 2015 · 2 seasons · 18 eps · ★ 7.1 · Crime, Drama

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After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

Created by Anna Bache-Wiig, Siv Rajendram Eliassen

Network: TV 2 Direkte

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