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The Keeper of Lost Causes
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 62, highest is AlloCiné on 80.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A disgraced detective is reassigned to a newly created cold case department, "Department Q," which is set up in a basement. Given a seemingly hopeless case—the disappearance of a promising politician from a ferry five years earlier, presumed a suicide—he begins a perfunctory investigation. However, he soon uncovers inconsistencies that suggest it was murder, leading him and his assistant on a dangerous investigation that powerful people want to keep buried.
Details
- Director
- Mikkel Nørgaard
- Writers
- Jussi Adler-Olsen, Nikolaj Arcel
- Based on
- The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Studio
- Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, TV 2, ZDF
- Released
- 3 October 2013
- Country
- Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $5.7M
- Box office
- $13.7M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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| Svend Award 2014 | Svend Award | Winner |
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