The 18th Busan International Film Festival
has just revealed their programme and TrustNordisk is proud to announce that
two adaptations of bestselling Scandinavian books - the thrillers THE KEEPER
OF
LOST CAUSES and LIFE DELUXE - have been selected for this year´s
festival.
Both films will screen in the Midnight
Passion section at Busan International Film Festival, which will be held from
October 3rd-12th.
Swedish thriller LIFE DELUXE directed by Jens Jonsson and based on the
bestselling book by Jens Lapidus will have its international premiere in
Busan.
LIFE DELUXE opened domestically this weekend to great reviews and more
than 83.000 admissions in the cinemas. LIFE DELUXE is the action packed
conclusion to the hugely popular EASY MONEY-trilogy starring Joel Kinnaman
(THE
KILLING, 2011 and ROBOCOP, 2013).
Produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro for Swedish production company Tre
Vänner in co-production with Film i Väst, SVT (Sweden´s Television),
Nordisk
Film, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning, Hobohm Brothers, Fantefilm, Network
Movie
& ZDF/Arte with production support from The Swedish Film Institute, The
Norwegian Film Institute, Nordic film and TV fund in co-operation with
C-more.
Domestic distribution through Nordisk Film.
Danish thiller THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, which world premiered at the
Piazza Grande in Locarno last month to excellent reviews will also screen in
the Midnight Passion section.
Based on the bestselling book by
Jussi Adler-Olsen, THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas
(ANGELS & DEMONS, 2009) and Fares Fares (SAFE HOUSE, 2012 and ZERO DARK
THIRTY, 2013) and tells the story of chief detective Carl Mørck and his
assistant Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the
mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard´s disappearance - a journey that
takes
them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the
polished surface of Scandinavia.
THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is directed by Mikkel Nørgaard (KLOWN, 2010) with
screenplay by Nikolaj Arcel who wrote and directed A ROYAL AFFAIR (2012) and
who also wrote the script for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2009).
The film is produced by the Zentropa Group in cooperation with TV2 Denmark,
ZDF
German Television Network, ZDF Enterprises, TV2 Norway and in co-production
with Film i Väst. With support from the Danish Film Institute, Eurimages,
Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and
Allerød Kommune. Developed with support from the Media Programme of the
European Union. Domestic release on THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is set for
October 3rd 2013 through Nordisk Film Distribution.