● PERHAPS IT’S BECAUSE I HAVE reviewed several fine Dutch television dramas, including The Adulterer and Floodland, that the Netflix algorithm suggested I might like The Golden Hour.
It was a good call. This enthralling Dutch crime series had me on the edge of my seat. Just six episodes long, it is tautly directed and skilfully scripted. Mardik Sardagh, marvellously played by Nasrdin Dchar, is an Afghan refugee now living a quiet suburban life in the Netherlands.
Happily married, with a daughter, Mardik is a detective. He wants to believe that he is accepted by his colleagues. But doubts linger — especially when Islamist terrorists go on a killing rampage.
Evocative flashbacks take us to Mardik’s childhood in Afghanistan, and his best friend Faysal. Faysal’s family were killed at a…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2024