The Absent One

A summer house, 1994. The thwack of badminton. Two young siblings meet a violent end. Twenty years later, a detective reopens the cold case, discovering a viper's nest of corruption and ritual abuse among Denmark's elite. Nordic Noir gets as dark as its winters.

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Mikkel Nørgaard directed The Absent One in 2014. See Mikkel Nørgaard's full filmography, where to start with Mikkel Nørgaard, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mikkel Nørgaard.

The Absent One was released in 2014 (DA original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.