The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013 · 93 min · DA · NR · 7.0 (862 votes)

Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard · Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Søren Pilmark, Peter Plaugborg · Music Johan Söderqvist · Department Q Collection

“Nothing is forgotten forever”

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Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

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This is a bleak, suspenseful slow-burn, steeped in the gritty atmosphere of Nordic Noir. It's a character-driven dive into dark secrets and the heavy weight of unresolved trauma, perfect for a late-night solo unraveling of its melancholic mystery.

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