A Conspiracy of Faith

2016 film
  • 3 March 2016 (2016-03-03)
  • Denmark (Denmark)

A Conspiracy of Faith (Danish: Flaskepost fra P), also known as Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith, is a 2016 Danish crime thriller 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]

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
  • Søren 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

  1. ^ "Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith - Film from RadioTimes". RadioTimes.
  2. ^ a b Jaworowski, Ken (June 6, 2016). "Review: 'A Conspiracy of Faith' Tracks a Message Written in Blood'". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "'A Conspiracy of Faith': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 June 2016.
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Department Q
Films
  • The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
  • The Absent One (2014)
  • A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
  • The Purity of Vengeance [da; ca; cy; de; es; fa; fr; it; ko; no; sv] (2018)
  • The Marco Effect [da; ca; cy; de; fr; sv] (2021)
  • Boundless [da; sv] (2024)
TV Series
  • Department Q (2025)
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