A Conspiracy of Faith
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| Danish | Flaskepost fra P |
| Directed by | Hans Petter Moland |
| Written by | Jussi Adler-Olsen |
| Screenplay by | Nikolaj Arcel |
| Produced by | Louise Vesth Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Starring | Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Pål Sverre Hagen Jacob Lohmann |
| Cinematography | John Andreas Andersen |
| Edited by | Olivier Bugge Coutte Nicolaj Monberg |
| Music by | Nicklas Schmidt |
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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 as Carl Mørck
- Fares Fares as Assad
- Pål Sverre Hagen as Johannes
- Jacob Lohmann as Elias
- Amanda Collin as Rakel
- Johanne Louise Schmidt as Rose Knudsen
- Jakob Oftebro as Pasgård
- Søren Pilmark as Marcus Jacobsen
- Maria Rossing as Rebecca
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". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ a b Jaworowski, Ken (2016-06-16). "Review: 'A Conspiracy of Faith' Tracks a Message Written in Blood (Published 2016)". Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ Scheck, Frank (2016-06-16). "'A Conspiracy of Faith': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2025-09-24.