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The Absent One (2014)

The Absent One poster
Original title
Fasandræberne
Directed by
Mikkel Nørgaard
Genre
drama film, crime film, thriller film
Country
Norway, Germany, Denmark, Sweden
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 696 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A cold case detective in Copenhagen reopens a murder investigation from the 1990s. He uncovers a web of secrets involving a group of wealthy boarding school students.

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What happens

The Absent One (Danish: Fasandræberne), also known as Department Q: The Absent One, is a 2014 Danish crime mystery film directed by Mikkel Nørgaard and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's novel of the same name. It is the second film in the Department Q series following the 2013 film The Keeper of Lost Causes, and preceding the 2016 film A Conspiracy of Faith. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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