Headhunters (2011)

Original title

Hodejegerne

Directed by

Morten Tyldum

Genre

action film, crime film, thriller film

Country

Germany, Norway

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,384 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful corporate recruiter in Norway lives as a secret art thief to afford his expensive lifestyle. He targets a valuable painting owned by a new job candidate, which sets off a dangerous chain of events.

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What happens

Headhunters (Norwegian: Hodejegerne) is a 2011 Norwegian action thriller film based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film was directed by Morten Tyldum and stars Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Synnøve Macody Lund. Hennie portrays the successful but insecure corporate recruiter Roger Brown who lives a double life as an art thief to fund his lavish lifestyle. He discovers that one of his job prospects owns a valuable painting and sets out to steal it. Released in Norway on 26 August 2011, Headhunters was a box office success, receiving critical acclaim, and was nominated for multiple awards, including four Amanda Awards and a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is the highest-grossing Norwegian film in history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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