Kvinden i buret (Keeper of Lost Causes)

 

Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) 2013

• Director: Mikkel Nörgaard
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas – The Whistleblower
• Fares Fares – Chernobyl, Rogue One, Jalla jalla
• Sonja Richter - Bron
• Why? Fares Fares
• Seen: 19 January 2024

                Carl (Lie Kaas) is a cop who nobody likes to work with and after recovering from an ambush he’s put into Department Q to finish off cold cases, not solve them, just close them off. He resents it and hates it. He resents and hates his new partner too, Assad (Fares), even though he’s a nice guy and a good cop, although he’s also been demoted to Q for reasons not given.

       Carl immediately breaks the rules by choosing a case to actually solve, that of a missing woman Merete Lynggaard (Richter), a supposed suicide.

       Flashbacks tell what happened to her.

       It’s a complex story of crime, of two competent but incompatible cops with issues, of infighting on the force. Danish noir, it’s been called, a good description. But Fares Fares is Swedish, and speaks Danish.    

4* of 5