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Synopsis: In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle, a Swedish murder investigator is brought in to find an elusive killer. But when the officer accidentally kills his own partner and covers it up, a double sided game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
Director(s): Erik Skjoldbjærg
Production: Norsk Film
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
NOT RATED
Year:
1997
96 min
1,056 Views


where you were.

Have you come

to tell us something?

She's going to drive me home.

Somebody's lying in this case.

Froya tells me quite

a different story about Tanja.

-Like what?

-Eilert never hit her.

Froya...

when did you last see Eilert?

ls that so important?

l'm just trying to clarify

her relationship with Eilert.

You're in love with him,

aren't you?

lt was that writer.

He could get completely crazy.

Relax. Just get into the car

and l'll drive you home.

Eilert wasn't nasty.

He never was.

One more thing...

The fingerprints on the actual

gun were wiped clean but Tom

found one under the barrel

that didn't belong to Eilert.

That just proves that

someone else touched the gun.

l want Holt's fingerprints.

-l'll get a search warrant.

-l've already got one.

Good. Drive Froya home

and l'll see you at Holt's

apartment as soon as possible.

Nobody here.

We'll find him.

l'll put out an APB on him.

Take his toothbrush

to start with.

You'll probably find his

fingerprints on it.

Get some sleep.

You look tired.

Jon!

Calm down.

l've just come to talk.

l know it was an accident.

She started to laugh...

she just laughed.

l never touched her.

You buy her dresses

for 20,000 kroners

and take her to a shed

to f*** her.

Just once...

Just one single time.

She took my hand...

She touched my neck,

and then...

she touched me above my eyes.

She smelt so strange.

And she was very warm.

Too warm.

Didn't you manage?

l tried.

l don't want to listen

to that crap.

Wait!

l've rarely come across

a more calculated killer.

He planned every detail.

He even washed her hair.

lt's wrong.

Holt's no killer type.

lt could've been an accident.

He did shoot Vik.

Panic.

l'm glad you're the one

who was called in.

l have to admit you really

lived up to your reputation.

Never gives up...

Not until the case is solved.

Your spirit has been

an inspiration for all of us.

Engstrom...

Am l disturbing you?

No, come in.

What a surprise.

l've come to give you

something.

What?

l went back to the crime scene.

Found a cartridge case. A Norma.

That's a Swedish make.

-The Swedish police use them.

-Yes.

Say what you have to say.

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Nikolaj Frobenius

Nikolaj Frobenius (born September 29, 1965) is a Norwegian novelist and screen writer. Frobenius was born in Oslo, but grew up at Rykkinn. He studied film writing and research at LCP, London. He has written several books and screenplays, including the screenplay for the classic Nordic film thriller Insomnia, which was adapted into a major Hollywood production in 2002. His international breakthrough as a novelist came with the novel "Latours katalog" (1996). His books have been translated into eighteen languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Danish. His novels have received critical acclaim both in Norway and internationally, and he has won several literary prizes for his writing. Nikolaj Frobenius is a former editor of the periodical Vinduet and worked as a commissioning editor for Norsk filmfond from 2005-2008. Frobenius has written several successful screenplays, including Dragonfly (2001). In 2011 he adapted his own novel, the semi-autobiograhical "Teori og praksis" into the film "Sønner av Norge" (Sons of Norway). He lives and writes in Oslo. more…

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