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The Keeper of Lost Causes
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Wikipedia article
'The Keeper of Lost Causes' (Danish: 'Kvinden i buret'), also known as 'Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes', is a 2013 Danish film, directed by Mikkel Nrgaard. The movie is based on the novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen. It is the first film in the Department Q film series, followed by 'The Absent One' (2014) and 'A Conspiracy of Faith' (2016).
Plot
Carl Mrck is demoted to Department Q, the cold case unit, after a raid he instigated goes wrong. One case, a suspected suicide, piques his interest. His investigations suggest that the victim, a rising politician named Merete Lynnggard, was actually kidnapped. Mrck ruffles feathers and is told to halt the investigation, but he and his assistant Assad persist.
As the duo investigate the case further, they get into trouble with Swedish police and are suspended, but they still continue to persevere in their investigation. Lynnggard is revealed to be imprisoned in a pressure chamber by a vengeful chef named Larsa.When Lynnggard and Larsa were children, Lynnggard's father was driving a car with both of their families as passengers. Larsa playfully blindfolds her father, which causes a deadly car crash that kills Larsa's father (and both of Lynnggard's parents). The confinement and torture of Lynnggard is Larsa's revenge.
Carl and Assad locate the pressure chamber and rescue Lynnggard as she is about to die, and they arrest Larsa. Because of their action and the prominence of the case, the police chief reinstates the duo as detectives.
Cast
* Nikolaj Lie Kaas Carl Mrck
* Fares Fares Assad
* Sonja Richter Merete Lynggaard
* Mikkel Flsgaard Uffe Lynggaard
* Sren Pilmark Marcus Jacobsen
* Troels Lyby Hardy Henningsen
* Patricia Schumann Ss Norup
* Eric Ericson Johan Lundquist
Release
The film was first shown at the Gothenburg Film Festival in January 2013, followed by several more film festivals before its cinema release in Denmark on 3 October 2013.[http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/da/77861.aspx?id=77861 Danish Film Institute: 'Kvinden i buret'] Linked 2017-04-02 The film topped the local box office in 2013 with 725,000 Danish moviegoers buying tickets.[https://variety.com/2014/film/global/the-absent-one-breaks-danish-b-o-records-1201322756/ Variety, October 6, 2013: 'The Absent One Breaks Danish B.O. Records'] Relinked 2017-04-02
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