Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

2010 · 85 min · NO · 6.3 (30 votes)
Dir. Stefan Faldbakken · Starring Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Petronella Barker, Eivind Sander · Music Ginge Anvik · Varg Veum Collection
Crime

Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.

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A brooding, atmospheric dive into the dark underbelly of society. This film offers a grim, unflinching look at the consequences of past actions, wrapped in the signature bleakness of Nordic noir.

grittybleaktensesombersteadynordic noirproceduralgritty realismrevengepast traumajusticecorruption
based on novel or bookdetectiveprivate investigatornordic noir
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