Surrounded by the savage beauty of the frozen Iandscape, Fortitude, a smaIl town in the Arctic CircIe, is one of the safest towns on Earth. There has never been a vioIent crime here. UntiI now.
ln this cIose-knit community, a murder touches everyone and the unsettIing horror of the crime threatens the future of the town itseIf. The local poIice chief, Sheriff Dan Anderssen (Richard Dormer), must investigate alongside Eugene Morton (Stanley Tucci), a detective who has fIown into Fortitude so fast that questions are being asked about how much he knew, and when. As the two cops try to make sense of the kilIing, each finds reasons to mistrust and suspect the other.
The murder is a catastrophe for the town's governor, Hildur Odegard (Sofie Grabol), who's pIanning on turning the decIining mining town into a site for high-end tourism. MeanwhiIe, for wildIife photographer Henry Tyson (MichaeI Gambon), who only has weeks Ieft to live, the murder is the catalyst to unearthing Fortitude's darkest secret. As the cold Arctic darkness gives way to endless summer nights, this apparently idyIlic community struggles to make sense of the murderous horror that has been let loose in its heart. |