The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Nothing is forgotten forever

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Release Date

10/3/2013

Runtime

93 mins

Overview

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Budget

$5,650,000

Revenue

$13,700,000

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A methodical Nordic noir investigation that unravels a five-year-old disappearance through the dedicated work of a cold-case unit, building tension through careful detective work rather than spectacle. The film trades urgency for the slow, grinding persistence of uncovering buried truths.

Mood

TenseMelancholicContemplative

Themes

ObsessionJusticeFamily

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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