The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Danish: "Kvinden i buret"), also known as Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes, is a 2013 Danish film, directed by Mikkel Nørgaard. The movie is based on the novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen. It is the first film in the Department Q series, followed by the 2014 film "The Absent One", and the 2016 film "A Conspiracy of Faith". Plot. Carl Mørck is demoted to Department Q, the cold case unit, after a raid goes wrong. One case, a suspected suicide, piques his interest. His investigations suggest that the  woman, a rising politician named Merete Lynnggard was actually kidnapped. Mørck ruffles feathers, and is told to halt the investigation, but he and his colleague Assad continue. As duo investigate the case further, they got into trouble with Sweddish police and are suspended. Merete is revealed to be imprisoned by a vengeful chef named Larsa for causing the death of his family as a child for playfully blindfolding her father while driving, causing the car crash, killing both Merete's parent and Larsa's parent. Carl and Assad manage to locate the pressure chamber where Merete is held and rescue  her not before taking down Larsa and arrest him. Because of their action and the prominent of the case, the Chief of Police reinstate them both back to the force. Release. The film was first shown at the Gothenburg Film Festival in January 2013, followed by several more film festivals before its cinema release in Denmark on 3 October 2013. The film topped the local box office in 2013 with 725,000 Danish moviegoers buying tickets.