Generically, Marshland at first could be mistaken for a straightforward police procedural in many senses, but the factor that grants it its real punch is its politics.

Marshland has superb performances and a heady atmosphere, but its greatest strength is finding resolution while letting the mystery be.

Visually and atmospherically, Marshland is suffused with an eerie oppressiveness, entirely at odds with the region's reputation for light-hearted alegria.

In Marshland's case, a sense of humor would have made all the grim stuff - and there's a lot of it - easier to digest.