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Synopsis: This conspiracy thriller is set in the early 80's, the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter, obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Erik Skjoldbjærg
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2013
111 min
$4,233
Website
107 Views


You said you heard how

I stopped breathing.

Listen, Pete,

you need some sleep.

Do yourself a favor

and take those pills.

I wanna speak to Ferris.

- Ferris isn't here.

- Where is he?

We had a cut, I had no gas.

I was out of it

before the explosion.

Just try to relax,

we'll figure it out as soon as...

There's nothing to figure out!

We know who controls

the breathing gas.

That's not true, I kept

my eye on the breathing gas.

Then what do you think happened?

You inflated the plug

until it blew up.

Because I passed out!

Explain that!

- This conversation is over.

- Explain it!

Petter? My condolences.

You want Knut's briefcase?

Trond?

Trond?

Ferris?

I'll talk to you later.

Where is Trond?

He's not on board.

I sent him home.

- Why?

- This touches everybody.

Trond as well.

Look, Pete, we can have

the best technology

in the world,

we can take every

precaution in the world,

but still...

mistakes get made.

Don't they?

Listen to me, son, nothing's

gonna bring your brother back.

Speculating, pointing fingers,

that's not gonna do

anybody any good.

Not Maria, not Martin,

and certainly not the project.

There's a hell of a lot at

stake here, you understand me?

I'll take care of the press.

Jeger!

Jeger! Hi.

- My condolences.

- What's the directorate

gonna do?

I don't understand, eh...

About Trond Edvardsen.

He screwed up the breathing gas.

- If there's any ambiguity...

- That cut should never

have happened.

We're going to investigate it

thoroughly. I promise.

Look here.

Call me anytime.

This isn't what I ask for.

It's not what I want.

No, I understand.

So what are you gonna

do about it?

Mortal accidents are

complex events.

The supervisor disagrees.

I know what he thinks.

I made no mistakes.

Well, let's see what

the police have to say.

Maria!

Here.

It needs new batteries.

Unscrew the bottom.

- I'll get by.

- It wasn't my fault.

It was an accident, okay?

Hey! I wanna see the recording

from the accident.

The video tape.

I'd love to show it to you.

- But there isn't any.

- "There isn't any"?

Have you erased it?

There wasn't any tape

in the recorder.

- You expect me to believe that?

- Ask Leif, Ronald, Ferris.

- I'll ask Jrgen. Where is he?

- On sick leave.

Sick leave? Why?

- I guess he's ill.

- Just let me see the tape.

Shut the f*** up,

you have nothing to

do with this.

Petter.

You overinflated the plug.

You can't change that.

Hey! Jrgen!

Hi.

- Trond says you're sick.

- I've been a bit off.

You're not sick.

You're working.

I'm feeling better now.

Has someone told you to

keep your mouth shut?

Jrgen! Answer me.

Why won't Trond show

me the tape?

- What are you talking about?

- What happened?

I don't know what you're talking

about. I had a cut!

You heard it!

Jrgen!

Jrgen?

Jrgen! Hey!

Jrgen!

Hey!

- Something's wrong with Jrgen!

- Another seizure?

Hi. I need a word with Leif

about Jrgen.

- He gets seizures.

- I know he's on...

Did he get one in the bell

while monitoring the gas?

I don't know anything

about that.

- Are you back?

- No.

Leif? Hi.

How long have you

known Jrgen's sick?

What's wrong with him?

Health is a private matter.

His dad says he's had

several seizures.

I need to do another

EEG test on you.

Because?

Because it's my job.

Has Jrgen taken another test?

- Leif?

- Yeah.

Did you know Jrgen

was sick when you sent

him down on that dive?

- It wasn't my call.

- What do you mean?

Ferris would

like to talk to you.

- Leif...

- Now.

Ronald, I'd like to see

Jrgen's EEG test.

Rats seem to stand pressure

better than us.

Okay, Jrgen's EEG test...

See? Normal.

I need a copy.

Staff medical information

is confidential.

It belongs to Deep Sea Diving,

they co-funded the project,

so...

Pete, please,

if there was something

wrong here, I would tell you.

Honestly.

Tests like these are...

They're really open

to interpretation.

We also judge divers

on their performance.

It really comes down

to how you feel.

- So, how do you feel?

- Fine.

Hey Ronald?

Ronald?

Are you there?

You can read stuff into the

tests, like Leif did.

- You can find anything.

- It says that Jrgen's ill.

They're normal.

Only Leif sees the connection.

What connection?

Jrgen's sick.

Yeah.

But medically speaking,

these charts don't say so.

It's Leif's interpretation.

You sent a sick

diver down there.

No one knew he was sick.

Leif obviously knew.

He wrote the conclusion

in hindsight.

This is a bad time for

you to get fired.

They're preparing a

new test dive.

- I won't dive now.

- You have to.

The Petroleum Directorate

needs to keep

one Norwegian diver

in the program.

- Thank you.

- Thank you for meeting us.

We need to talk.

- Do you have an appointment?

- No.

- Talk to my secretary.

- I've something to show you.

The police are doing

what they can to...

Jrgen manned

the bell at the time.

He's sick.

It says so here.

- Isn't this confidential?

- Just take a look.

I can't interpret this. Can you?

I think he caused

my brother's death.

He gets seizures. I've seen it.

- Have you shown this to anyone?

- No.

Okay, I'll follow it up.

But we need

to conclude the

verification dives.

The mission isn't over yet.

I won't dive until I know what

happened to my brother.

Right. I understand.

- Hi!

- Hi.

- Uncle?

- The police called.

They did?

Hi. It's like this:

Jrgen Heimland has taken

responsibility for the accident.

He admits that he shut

the wrong valve in

the diving bell.

He did what?

Could you repeat that?

He cut your breathing gas.

- Okay. How's that?

- Human error.

But was it a seizure?

The report doesn't mention

any seizure.

You don't know what happened?

You can file a civil lawsuit

if you want to.

- No.

- Why not?

I couldn't bear it.

- What does the report say?

- It says what I just said.

- Is Jrgen here?

- Jrgen's gone to Spain.

Tell him I wanna talk to him.

You all right?

What happened?

You tried to kill me.

That's what happened.

Couldn't avoid you.

You broke into me.

You flipped that car

on your own.

- Who asked you to steal these?

- What?

These EEG tests.

Was it Leif?

Where's mine?

I want mine.

- Where the f*** is mine?

- Why do you want it?

'Cause that sh*t could

end my career.

You know your friend, Leif?

He's a f***ing hack.

He says I'm

neurologically damaged.

Petter? I need to talk to you.

What are you doing here?

Were you here earlier?

What do you mean?

We need to talk.

Just look at the boat.

What are you doing here?

I'm gonna find out

how Knut died.

Okay. And you think

I've got the answer?

The gas Ronald's given you

contains a secret component.

And the goddamn Americans

won't say what it is.

I made him stop using it

at the research center.

But they call the shots at sea.

So Knut promised to help us.

With what?

He was gonna take a sample

of the American gas in the bell.

- Didn't he tell you?

- What are you saying?

What sort of bullshit is this?

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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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