The Guilty (2018)
(Den skyldige)
Country: DK
Technical: col/2.39:1 85m
Director: Gustav Möller
Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi
Synopsis:
On the eve of his day in court for conduct unbecoming a police officer, an emergency control room operator regains contact with his humanity on receiving a distress call from a kidnapped mother.
Review:
Striking one-hander along the lines of Locke (2013), which almost immediately triggered an American remake (same title, 2021). Director Möller goes for tight framings of the protagonist's earpiece and computer screen, conveying the hermetic world of the emergency despatch worker, with sound as the key diegetic element. A surprise twist delays full interpretation of the title until the end, when the special relationship of caller and officer becomes apparent.
(Den skyldige)
Country: DK
Technical: col/2.39:1 85m
Director: Gustav Möller
Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi
Synopsis:
On the eve of his day in court for conduct unbecoming a police officer, an emergency control room operator regains contact with his humanity on receiving a distress call from a kidnapped mother.
Review:
Striking one-hander along the lines of Locke (2013), which almost immediately triggered an American remake (same title, 2021). Director Möller goes for tight framings of the protagonist's earpiece and computer screen, conveying the hermetic world of the emergency despatch worker, with sound as the key diegetic element. A surprise twist delays full interpretation of the title until the end, when the special relationship of caller and officer becomes apparent.
(Den skyldige)
Country: DK
Technical: col/2.39:1 85m
Director: Gustav Möller
Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi
Synopsis:
On the eve of his day in court for conduct unbecoming a police officer, an emergency control room operator regains contact with his humanity on receiving a distress call from a kidnapped mother.
Review:
Striking one-hander along the lines of Locke (2013), which almost immediately triggered an American remake (same title, 2021). Director Möller goes for tight framings of the protagonist's earpiece and computer screen, conveying the hermetic world of the emergency despatch worker, with sound as the key diegetic element. A surprise twist delays full interpretation of the title until the end, when the special relationship of caller and officer becomes apparent.