With a stunning 215.052 admissions during its opening, The Purity of Vengeance skyrockets as the best-selling domestic film ever!
Zentropa and Christoffer Boe´s highly anticipated Department Q-thriller, THE PURITY OF VENGEANCE skyrockets domestically. With reviews praising the film as being even better than the 3 previous blockbuster hits about Department Q, Danish cinema-goers are now finally able to experience Zentropas fourth and final chapter in the popular series, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in the iconic roles as chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. Since its opening on Thursday October 4th, THE PURITY OF VENGEANCE has already sold an incredible 215.052 admissions, including pre-screenings.
Asked about the impressive numbers, producer at Zentropa Louise Vesth says:
“Considering the total Danish population counts about 6 mill people, an opening with more than 215.000 sold admissions is incredible. We are very happy and proud and are looking forward to follow the film on its onward journey”
In an older apartment in Copenhagen, some craftsmen make a scary discovery: behind a fake wall they find three mummified bodies sitting around a dining table with a free space ready. Carl Mørck and Assad from Department Q now have to find out who the mummies are and for whom the fourth place is intended. They soon discover that the previous inhabitants of the apartment trace back to an infamous women´s hospital at Sprogø island, where attempts at forced sterilization were a regular part of the daily lives of the women who were brought to the hospital. The horror at the hospital is an overdue chapter in the history of Denmark, but there are people who say that the experiments are still up in our time. Carl and Assad start a race with time to prevent new murders and assaults.
The film is based on the fourth book in Jussi Adler-Olsen´s worldwide popular book-series about Department Q, with script by Bo Erhard Hansen (writer of The Art of Crying), Nikolaj Arcel (THE DARK TOWER, 2017; A ROYAL AFFAIR, 2011) and Mikkel Nørgaard (THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, 2013; THE ABSENT ONE, 2014). The film is directed by world-renowned director, Christoffer Boe whose first feature film, RECONSTRUCTION (2003), won the Camera d´Or at Cannes Film Festival 2003.
Produced by ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS20 In co-production with ZENTROPA HAMBURG ZENTROPA BERLIN In cooperation with TV 2 DENMARK ZDF GERMAN TELEVISION NETWORK ZDF ENTERPRISES NFP TV4 SWEDEN TV 2 NORWAY In co-production with FILM I VÄST With support from the DANISH FILM INSTITUTE / MARKET SCHEME DEUTSCHER FILMFÖRDERFONDS FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN NORDMEDIA - FILM- UND MEDIENGESELLSCHAFT NIEDERSACHSEN / BREMEN FILMFYN Developed with support from THE CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME - MEDIA OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Distribution by NORDISK FILM DISTRIBUTION International sales by TRUSTNORDISK © 2018 ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS20, ZENTROPA BERLIN, ZENTROPA HAMBURG
German distribution through NFP Marketing & Distribution. Nordic distribution through Nordisk Film Distribution.