THE ABSENT ONE

By Mikkel Nørgaard

FACTS

Title: THE ABSENT ONE
Original title: FASANDRÆBERNE
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik, Danica Curcic, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 119 min
Language: Danish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg
Cinematographer: Eric Kress
Editor: Morten Egholm, Frederik Strunk
Production Company: Zentropa Entertainments
Producers: Louise Vesth, Jonas Bagger, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Production year: 2014
Budget EUR: 5.2M
Local release: 02-10-2014
Film status: Internationally Premiered

In 1994 two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues point in the direction of a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty and is convicted for the murders. When the case ends up on Carls Mørck’s desk 20 years later, he soon realises that something is terribly wrong. As Carl and Assad start investigating the case, they are led on to an old emergency call from a desperate girl who seems to know the secrets of the murders. Soon they are plunged into an intense search for the girl, Kimmie, who has been missing since the murders happened. But Carl and Assad are not the only ones trying to track her down as the girl’s testimonial is of great danger to a group of influential men at the top of society who will do all they can to keep her silent.

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Festival overview

Fantastic Fest USA
2014-09-18

Hamburg Filmfest GmbH
2014-09-25

Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage
2014-09-25

Moscow Royal Danish Embassy
2014-10-29