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The Absent One
2014
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Every rating
61–78
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 61, highest is AlloCiné on 78.
See the most agreed on films →Detective Carl Mørck and Department Q investigate a closed case involving the murder of two teenagers twenty years earlier. The case was ruled a murder-suicide, but new evidence suggests a group of privileged boarding school students were responsible. The investigation uncovers a web of abuse, cover-ups, and a witness who has been hiding ever since.
Details
- Director
- Mikkel Nørgaard
- Writers
- Jussi Adler-Olsen, Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg
- Based on
- The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Released
- 2 October 2014
- Country
- Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Language
- Danish, French, English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $5.8M
- Box office
- $11.5M
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Awards
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