Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen
Storyline
Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently awarded a Citizen of the Year Award. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignite a war between the vegan gangster "the Count" and the Serbian mafia boss "Papa". Winning a blood feud isn't easy, especially not in a welfare state. But Nils has something going for him: Heavy machinery and beginners luck.
Cast: Kåre Conradi -
Ronaldo - Ronny Amundsen
Huyen Huynh -
Wingman's Wife
Anders Baasmo Christiansen -
Geir
Adil Halitaj -
Miroslav Popovic
Jan Gunnar Røise -
Jappe - Jan Petter Eriksen
Peter Andersson -
Wingman - Egil Dickman
Stig Henrik Hoff -
Experienced Police Officer
David Sakurai -
Kineseren - Takashi Claus Nielsen
Kristofer Hivju -
Strike - Stig Erik Smith
Miodrag 'Miki' Krstovic -
Dragomir Bogdanovic
(as Miodrag Krstovic)
Arthur Berning -
Police Officer 2
Jakob Oftebro -
Junior - Aaron Horowitz
Leo Ajkic -
Radovan Zupan
Bruno Ganz -
Papa
Sergej Trifunovic -
Nebosja Mihajlovic
Language: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, Serbian, German
Release Date: 3 Jan 2014
Filming Locations: Beitostølen, Norway
Box Office Details
Budget: NOK 35,304,282
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
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Trivia:
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Rating: 10/10
As the critics said some days ago, when Kraftidioten (International
titled "In order of disappearance") premiered in the main program of
the Berlin Film Festival, this is both hilarious, rough and beautiful.
While giving loads of fun and entertainment, you'll soon discover that
the film has a complex underlying theme which makes this interesting on
a much wider scale.
But still, this is not a film for the faint hearted. That said as a
warning, because the body-count is bigger than in any Norwegian film
I've seen before. There's no sex, but all violence in this, still
testosterone filled, movie with a hero called "Dickman". You can't say
it more obvious than that.
Or what about a plot with a Swedish plowman working in the remote
Norwegian high mountains dealing with Norwegian and Serbian gangsters
in a vigilante film, crossed with beautiful Norwegian landscape and
droll humor!?! Well, it's completely up my alley.
Hans Petter Moland always delivers. He has made the great films "A
somewhat gentle man", "The last lieutenant", "Zero Kelvin", "Aberdeen"
and "Comrade Pedersen" amongst others. All of them recommended! It's "A
somewhat gentle man" which is most like this last one.
If you loved "Fargo", "Burn after reading", "The big white" or "In
Bruges" this is the film for you. It's almost a mix, though it's a bit
more dark and bloody, and has a more serious underlying theme. This is
balanced beautifully with giving death announcements in a way I've
never seen before after the body count rises.
It's seems like a film that doesn't take itself too seriously, though
it still has some hilarious Tarantino-like discussions, mainly from
minor roles, which adds a lot to the film. They are discussing the
great food in the Norwegian prison system, how Norwegians are so
environmental that they pick up dog litter in little bags, and the
Scandinavian welfare system is discussed as a need because of the snow
and lack of sun. A country where even the gangsters drink tomato juice
and drive hybrid electric Fisker Karma cars.
But what makes "In order of disappearance" stand out as much more than
a hilarious masculine violent "Fargo" is that it actually is a deeper
comment about how men act. Our anti superhero is called Dickman,
because he really acts like one, though still being a nice and likable
man. Not able to express feelings to his wife, which leaves him,
avenging that his bloodline via his lost son is all that matters. Of
course we know that our society is patriarchal. In this film it's
over-exaggerated, but giving a good comment on today's society. The men
are the one's both criminal and the users of violence. Dickman didn't
even know his son, and though being a "nice" kidnapper, he doesn't even
know how to read a bed time story. The film has almost no affection,
except between men, and film maker Moland knows to punish those kinds
of forbidden feelings. He also, in more way than one, express that men
are stupid, doing stupid things, which almost always has a severe
consequence.
This is the kind of film I wish would never end. I enjoyed it immensely
right from the start, and it even grew from there. The film doesn't
give all answers, but our vigilante hero at least gets to do some
"good" deeds along the way. And if you hate drug dealers, then this is
the film for you.
Stellan Skarsgård is perfect as the understated Swedish immigrant, just
voted the inhabitant of the year in his little mountain town, which is
a place we really don't get to know where is. The signs says "Welcome
to Tyos..." and then the snow constantly covers the rest of the name.
Even Oslo is made as a Alaskan-like ice city, where mountains are put
where they usually not are. Our hero takes the matters in his own hands
when he understands that the police are considering not to investigate
the case of his son found dead by drug overdose in the city. He knows
of course this is murder. And he is going to revenge his son's death.
The film has so many great supporting roles, which all make up this
story, and I'm sure this film will do great world wide. Great scripting
again from Danish Kim Fupz Aakeson and great filming by Philip Øgaard.
The scenery is awesome, an adds to the film's sentimentality as well as
beauty, which makes the whole environment even more exotic.
It's the fourth time Stellan Skarsgård is featured in a Moland-film,
and it's not difficult to understand why. But Bruno Ganz is perfect as
the Serbian gangster Papa and I also loved Pål Sverre Hagen as the
neurotic vegan gangster "Greven" (The Count). But so many from the
supporting cast should be praised as well.
Be sure to pick up this treat of a dark gangster comedy! As bloody as
they come, but still with a great heart! You won't regret!
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