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The Absent One

The Absent One

2014 · 116 min · DA · NR · 7.0 (716 votes)
Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard · Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik, Danica Ćurčić, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina · Music Johan Söderqvist · Department Q Collection
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Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

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This is a deeply atmospheric and relentlessly tense Nordic Noir, steeped in a pervasive sense of melancholic dread. It's a slow-burn investigation that peels back layers of a dark past, revealing the grim consequences of trauma and the relentless pursuit of justice. Expect a gritty, unsettling journey.

grittytensemelancholicsuspensefulbleakslow-burnnordic noiratmospheric thrillercharacter-driven mysterygritty realismjusticetraumathe past haunting the presentcorruption
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