A Conspiracy of Faith
| A Conspiracy of Faith | |
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| Flaskepost fra P | |
| Directed by | Hans Petter Moland |
| Written by | Jussi Adler-Olsen |
| Screenplay by | Nikolaj Arcel |
| Produced by | Louise Vesth Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Starring | Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Pål Sverre Hagen Jakob Ulrich Lohmann |
| Cinematography | John Andreas Andersen |
| Edited by | Olivier Bugge Coutte Nicolaj Monberg |
| Music by | Nicklas Schmidt |
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A Conspiracy of Faith (Danish: Flaskepost fra P), also known as Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith, is a 2016 Danish crime thriller film, directed by Hans Petter Moland, based on a novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen. It is the third film in the Department Q series, after The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and The Absent One (2014).[1][2]
Synopsis
[edit]An 8-year-old message in a bottle, written in blood, leads Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad to a series of child abductions from religious communities throughout Denmark. The majority of these abductions have not been reported for some reason, and some of them are suspected to have ended in murder.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Carl Mørck
- Fares Fares – Assad
- Pål Sverre Hagen - Johannes
- Jakob Ulrich Lohmann - Elias
- Amanda Collin - Rakel
- Johanne Louise Schmidt - Rose Knudsen
- Søren Pilmark - Marcus Jacobsen
Reception
[edit]Ken Jaworowski of The New York Times praised the film's storyline construction, the mood, and the closing scene, 'beautifully blunt, ends it on the perfect note.'[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith - Film from RadioTimes". RadioTimes.
- ^ a b Jaworowski, Ken (June 6, 2016). "Review: 'A Conspiracy of Faith' Tracks a Message Written in Blood'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- ^ "'A Conspiracy of Faith': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 June 2016.