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Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall

2010 · 85 min

A brooding Nordic crime story that keeps you tense with its slow-burn revenge plot and grim atmosphere.

Genres
Crime
Overview
Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • guilt
  • justice
  • crime
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Varg Veum Collection

  1. Fallen AngelsMovie · 2008
  2. Varg Veum - Woman in the FridgeMovie · 2008
  3. Varg Veum - The Writing on the WallMovie · 2010 This title

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Genres
crime
Directed by
Stefan Faldbakken
Written by
Thomas Moldestad
Starring
Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Petronella Barker, Eivind Sander, Tobias Santelmann, Per Egil Aske
Music
Ginge Anvik
Cinematography
Marek Wieser
Runtime
85 min
Country
Denmark, Norway
Languages
Danish, English, Japanese, Norwegian

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