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Varg
Veum - Din til døden (2008)
Preceded
by:
Varg Veum - Tornerose
(2008)
Succeeded
by:
Varg Veum - Falne engler
(2008)
Director:
Erik Richter
Strand |
COUNTRY
Norway/Denmark |
GENRE
Crime/Thriller |
INTERNATIONAL
TITLE
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RUNNING
TIME
90
minutes |
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Producer:
Jonas Allen
Peter Bose |
Screenwriter
(from the book by Gunnar Staalesen):
Kjersti
Rasmussen |
Review
Erik Richter Strand's
second film in the
Varg Veum series was released less
than two months after its predecessor,
Tornerose.
This third film in the series is also the best, even if it may be
inferior to its two older brothers in tenseness and suspense. In Din
til døden, Veum finds himself in the midst of a divorce with
ramifications outside of the ordinary, ranging from car theft, murder,
jealousy and robbery. The film is brilliantly set off, with some very
skillful plot twists early on (including a fine scene inside a garage
and an excellent segment with Seim, Mestad, Bergmann and Lullau). There
is a lot more style and flair in the conduction of Din til døden
than in the two prior films, and Richter Strand shows a delicate blend
of tones throughout the film's different parts. Pleasing is also the
increasingly tightknit and wonderfully acted relationship between Veum
and Hamre. Seim and Floberg are absolutely magnetic together, and the
subdued ending does wonders to an otherwise somewhat predictable final
clear-up.
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