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The Keeper of Lost Causes(Kvinden i buret)

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Denmark, Germany, Sweden · 2013
1h 33m
Director Mikkel Nørgaard
Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Genre Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q, this film tells the story of the two policemen, Carl Mørck and Assad, who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing woman, Merete. Soon Carl and Assad are on a journey through Scandinavia's darkest corners to find a psychopathic killer.

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CineVue by Ben Nicholson

As an entry into the Scandi police procedural genre, The Keeper of Lost Causes disappoints. As a TV pilot, however, it's serviceable yet unremarkable; the kind of thing that you'd probably give a couple more episodes in the vain hope that things will pick up.

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Total Film by James Mottram

While the plot toys with credibility, director Mikkel Nørgaard ( Borgen ) conjures a squalid atmosphere – the stuff of real nightmares. This is so grimly compelling that even if you want to look away, you won’t be able to.

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Variety by Jay Weissberg

Norgaard wants to keep viewers guessing the whys and wherefores, but putting two and two together is so easy here that only the narratively challenged will be surprised by the culprit’s motivations.

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The New York Times by Ken Jaworowski

The film, directed by Mikkel Norgaard (who’s borrowed a thing or three from David Fincher) and first released in Denmark in 2013, often focuses on research rather than on gunplay, yet somehow it still feels filled with action. That’s a testament to its lead actors.

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