A Conspiracy of Faith
A Conspiracy of Faith (Danish: Flaskepost fra P), also known as Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith, is a 2016 Danish film, directed by Hans Petter Moland, based on a novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen. It is the third film in the Department Q series, after The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and The Absent One (2014).[1][2]
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| Directed by | Hans Petter Moland |
| Produced by | Louise Vesth |
| Written by | Jussi Adler-Olsen |
| Screenplay by | Nikolaj Arcel |
| Starring | Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Pål Sverre Hagen Jakob Ulrich Lohmann |
| Music by | Nicklas Schmidt |
| Cinematography | John Andreas Andersen |
| Edited by | Olivier Bugge Coutte Nicolaj Monberg |
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Synopsis
An 8-year-old message in a bottle, written in blood, leads Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad to a series of child abductions from religious communities throughout Denmark. The majority of these abductions have not been reported for some reason, and some of them are suspected to have ended in murder.[3]
Cast
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Carl Mørck
- Fares Fares – Assad
- Pål Sverre Hagen - Johannes
- Jakob Ulrich Lohmann - Elias
- Amanda Collin - Rakel
- Johanne Louise Schmidt - Rose Knudsen
- Soren Pilmark - Marcus Jacobsen
Reception
Ken Jaworowski of the New York Times praised the film's storyline construction, the mood, and the closing scene, 'beautifully blunt, ends it on the perfect note.'[2]
References
- "Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith - Film from RadioTimes". RadioTimes.
- Jaworowski, Ken (June 6, 2016). "Review: 'A Conspiracy of Faith' Tracks a Message Written in Blood'". New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- "'A Conspiracy of Faith': Film Review".