Headhunters
(Hodejegern)
Year: 2011
Country:
NORWAY
Language:
Norwegian, Danish
Run Time:
101 minutes
HEADHUNTERS is a slick Norwegian phenomenon, a thriller not for the faint of heart. Based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, the biggest Scandinavian crime writer to hit U.S. shores since Stieg Larsson, this movie has been sold to an unprecedented 50 countries. Roger Brown (played by Aksel Hennie of "Max Manus") is a meek but successful corporate recruitment specialist with a beautiful and expensive wife. Despite their membership in the Norwegian 1%, the couple is still hard up for cash. Roger gets into a little art theft on the side, using the information he culls from job candidates to rob them of their masterpieces. But when he tries to steal a Rubens from a suave Dane who turns out to be a former mercenary (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau of "Game of Thrones"), Roger meets his match. What starts off as a run-of-the-mill heist quickly escalates into a ferocious game of cat and mouse. See the original now; Hollywood has already snapped up the rights to a remake. (In Norwegian and Danish with subtitles) –B.B.
CIFF36 Screenings
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- This screening is on Stand By.
Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Sidebar
United Airlines World Tour
Screenplay
Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
Director
Morten Tyldum
Filmography
"Buddy" (2003) - 28th CIFF, "Fallen Angels" (2008), HEADHUNTERS (2011)
Producer
Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou
Cinematography
Mathieu Vadepied
Editing
Dorian Rigal-Ansous
Principal Cast
François Cluzet, Omar Sy
Magnolia Pictures
Email: publicity@magpictures.com
http://www.magpictures.com
This film is presented with the generous support of CARLA STREEP O'DAY and MICHAEL HONOHAN.
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