9.045 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestFive boys meet in their teens. This lays the foundation for a career in crime, driven on by the dream of the big heist. Police are becoming aware of them, but the biggest threat is proving to be their own friendship. "Ran" is a high-profile television drama for four episodes. It a mix of drama and action, which is about both spectacular robberies, and about friendship and affiliation. The dilemma the gang encounters is similar to what most of us experience: there comes a point in life where the roads separate, where you realize that you and your old friends have grown apart. This causes a bigger problems for these guys, as this break is not just a little sad and melancholy experience - it is also a threat to their life, their future and their identity.
Acting
Baasmo Christiansen anchors the ensemble with quiet desperation.
Direction
Pål Aam makes Oslo feel intimate and inescapable.
Writing
Friendship dismantled with surgical precision, not melodrama.
Creator
Pål Aam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ran helped establish the 'Nordic crime mini-series' format before it exploded globally — four tight episodes, no fluff, maximum character damage.
The bowling alley scenes were shot at an actual Oslo location that closed shortly after; locals treat the series as accidental documentary of a vanished hangout.
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