The Absent One (2014 film)

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| name = The Absent One

| image = The Absent One (2014 film).jpg

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| native_name = Fasandræberne

| director = {{ill|Mikkel Nørgaard|da}}

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| based_on = {{Based on|The Absent One|Jussi Adler-Olsen}}

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Patrik Andren
Uno Helmersson
Johan Soderqvist

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| cinematography = Eric Kress

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Morten Egholm
Frederik Strunk

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Nordisk Film Distribution {{small|(Denmark)}}
Wild Bunch {{small|(France)}}
NFP Marketing & Distribution {{small|(Germany)}}

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| released = {{Film date|2014|09|08|Austin Fantastic Fest|2014|10|02|Denmark|df=y}}

| runtime = 120 minutes{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/absent-one-film | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307191347/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/absent-one-film | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 March 2016 | title=The Absent One (18) | work=British Board of Film Classification | date=1 March 2016 | access-date=2 March 2016}}

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Denmark
France
Germany

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Danish
French

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| budget = €5.2 million

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The Absent One ({{langx|da|Fasandræberne}}), also known as Department Q: The Absent One, is a 2014 Danish crime mystery film directed by {{ill|Mikkel Nørgaard|da}} 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.

Plot

The story centers around the murder of twins in 1994, one of whom was also raped. At first unwilling to get involved in the case, Mørck changes his mind after their father commits suicide after approaching him one night and leaving behind a box of material on the case he has been collecting for years. Dept Q's investigation leads away from the young man originally convicted, towards a group of students from a nearby boarding school who became pillars of the Danish establishment.

The existence of department Q is threatened by the success of other departments.

Cast

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Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Carl Mørck
Fares Fares as Assad
Pilou Asbæk as Ditlev Pram
Marco Ilsø as young Ditlev
David Dencik as Ulrik Dybbøl
Philip Stilling as young Ulrik
Danica Curcic as Kirsten Marie Larsen ("Kimmie")
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina as young Kimmie
Johanne Louise Schmidt as Rose
Beate Bille as Thelma
Peter Christoffersen as Alberg
Søren Pilmark as Marcus Jacobsen
Michael Brostrup as Børge Bak
Morten Kirkskov as Lars Bjørn
Kristian Høgh Jeppesen as Bjarne Thøgersen
Adam Ild Rohweder as young Bjarne

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Release

When it was released in Oct 2014 it was Denmark's highest-grossing opening week for a local film ever.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/global/the-absent-one-breaks-danish-b-o-records-1201322756/|title='The Absent One' Breaks Danish B.O. Records|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=6 October 2014|publisher=}}

Fares Fares who plays Assad received the Robert Award (called the "Danish Oscar") for his performance as Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film also received the Audience Award.