In Denmark, in an unsuccessful raid against a criminal, the impulsive and stubborn Homicide Detective Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is seriously wounded by a shot; his best friend and partner dies and the other detective becomes crippled with the bullet. When Carl is recovered, he is set aside by his chief in the Department Q, where old cases are closed and filed, to work with the responsible for the department Assad (Fares Fares).
Carl stumbles upon a five year-old case of a missing person, Merete Lynggaard (Sonja Richter), who committed suicide in accordance with the investigation of an incompetent detective. Carl finds strange that someone with the intention of taking her own life brings the mentally retarded brother Uffe (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) with her and he decides to investigate. Carl learns that Merete had given a lecture before her disappearance and he requests photos from the event. Then Assad shows the photos to Uffe that reacts to one with a man called Daniel Hale. They discover that the man lives in Sweden and when they arrive, the local police informs that Daniel died while fishing. But when they see his photo, they realize that Daniel is not the man that they are looking for but another one called Lasse (Peter Plaugborg). But their chief wants to abort the whole operation and close the case. Will Carl and Assad find Merete still alive?
"Kvinden i buret" is a great European thriller with a good story and excellent screenplay that uses flashbacks to disclose characters and situations. The story recalls police stories from the 80's but using few clichés and without car chases. The plot can be an excellent pilot for a TV series or for a franchise since Detective Carl Mørck is an interesting character, dumped by his wife and losing his two partners. His association with Assad is promising. I look forward to see a sequel of this movie. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Departamento Q: Guardiões das Causas Perdidas" ("Department Q: Guardians of the Lost Causes")
Carl stumbles upon a five year-old case of a missing person, Merete Lynggaard (Sonja Richter), who committed suicide in accordance with the investigation of an incompetent detective. Carl finds strange that someone with the intention of taking her own life brings the mentally retarded brother Uffe (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) with her and he decides to investigate. Carl learns that Merete had given a lecture before her disappearance and he requests photos from the event. Then Assad shows the photos to Uffe that reacts to one with a man called Daniel Hale. They discover that the man lives in Sweden and when they arrive, the local police informs that Daniel died while fishing. But when they see his photo, they realize that Daniel is not the man that they are looking for but another one called Lasse (Peter Plaugborg). But their chief wants to abort the whole operation and close the case. Will Carl and Assad find Merete still alive?
"Kvinden i buret" is a great European thriller with a good story and excellent screenplay that uses flashbacks to disclose characters and situations. The story recalls police stories from the 80's but using few clichés and without car chases. The plot can be an excellent pilot for a TV series or for a franchise since Detective Carl Mørck is an interesting character, dumped by his wife and losing his two partners. His association with Assad is promising. I look forward to see a sequel of this movie. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Departamento Q: Guardiões das Causas Perdidas" ("Department Q: Guardians of the Lost Causes")