The Absent One

2014 • 1h 56m •

Thriller

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★ 7.0/10

708 reviews

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Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

Top Billed Cast

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Carl Mørck

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Hafez el-Assad

Pilou Asbæk

Ditlev Pram

David Dencik

Ulrik Dybbøl

Danica Ćurčić

Kirsten Marie 'Kimmie' Lassen

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Kimmie som ung

Johanne Louise Schmidt

Rose Knudsen

Marco Ilsø

Ditlev som ung

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R Reno Verified TMDB Critic

2015-10-24

> The second episode: A new case in the hands.

A follow up to 'The Keeper of Lost Causes' based on the Danish crime-thriller novel of the same name in the original language. That one was a classy, a brilliant initiation in the 'Department Q' series. One of the best Scandinavian detective movie I have ever seen. I expected same energetic, caliber and suspenseful in this as well. But marginally disappointing, yet it stood and delivered to the previous film's standard.

In this second episode, it was a murder mystery for Carl and Assad to crack it down. They did not choose it, the case did. ...