The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009)

Original title

Luftslottet som sprängdes

Directed by

Daniel Alfredson

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

Germany, Denmark, Sweden

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 1,493 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman recovers in a hospital after being shot, while a journalist works to prove she was set up by a secret government plot. The story follows their fight to expose hidden corruption and clear her name.

tensegrittysuspensefulsharpcoldurgentdarkintricate

What happens

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes, lit. 'The Castle in the Air That Was Blown Up') is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Daniel Alfredson from a screenplay by Ulf Rydberg and produced by Søren Stærmose, based on the 2007 novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the third entry in his Millennium series. Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist, it was the third installment of the film series, released two months following The Girl Who Played with Fire. It also marked the final film appearance of Per Oscarsson, who died in a house fire on 31 December 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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