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The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)

The Keeper of Lost Causes poster
Original title
Kvinden i buret
Directed by
Mikkel Nørgaard
Genre
drama film, horror film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 837 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective in Copenhagen is assigned to a cold case unit in the basement. He investigates a woman's disappearance from a ferry five years earlier. The story follows his efforts to uncover what really happened.

tensedarksuspensefulmelancholicgrittyslow-burnunsettlingcerebral

What happens

The Keeper of Lost Causes (Danish: Kvinden i buret), also known as Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes, is a 2013 Danish film directed by Mikkel Nørgaard. The movie is based on the novel Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen. It is the first film in the Department Q film series, followed by The Absent One (2014) and A Conspiracy of Faith (2016). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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