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Title: Hypnotisören (2012)
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3 nominations.
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| Tobias Zilliacus | ... | Joona Linna | |
| Mikael Persbrandt | ... | Erik Maria Bark | |
| Lena Olin | ... | Simone Bark | |
| Helena Af Sandeberg | ... | Daniella | |
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Oscar Pettersson | ... | Benjamin |
| Anna Azcárate | ... | Lydia | |
| Jonatan Bökman | ... | Josef | |
| Jan Waldekranz | ... | Shulman | |
| Eva Melander | ... | Magdalena | |
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Göran Thorell | ... | Stensund |
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Gustav Levin | ... | Carlos |
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Tomas Magnusson | ... | Petter |
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Ulf Eklund | ... | Nålen |
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Conny Vakare | ... | Kut chefen |
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Emma Mehoniç | ... | Evelyn |
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After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does. Written by Anonymous
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Music by Oscar Fogelström and Niki & The Dove, lyrics by Malin Dahlström
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The movie shows a hemophiliac being administered antihemophilic factor through an intramuscular injection at night. Antihemophilic factor is mostly administered in mornings and always intravenously. See more »Soundtracks
EpilogueMusic by Oscar Fogelström and Niki & The Dove, lyrics by Malin Dahlström
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SwedenRelease Date:
28 September 2012 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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A straightforward Swedish crime thriller starring Mikael Persbrandt, of HAMILTON fame. The story is based on a novel and I'm reliably informed that, as per usual, much of the best material was cut out, leaving this a distinctly average addition to the genre.
The story begins with a brutal massacre in which an entire family are slaughtered by an unknown assailant. The exasperated police then call in a renowned hypnotist in order to bring the sole survivor out of a coma and find out details of the perpetrator. Much is made of the hypnotism angle but truthfully it only occurs a couple of times in the movie and feels rather wasted as an angle.
THE HYPNOTIST suffers from a lack of interesting characters, particularly the investigating detective who's as bland as they come. Lena Olin is incredibly annoying as Persbrandt's harridan of a wife, and only Persbrandt himself retains sympathy for the viewer. The storyline isn't bad, and it does have a sufficiently dark and vicious edge, but director Lasse Hallstrom does a workmanlike job at best and should stick to the insufferable likes of CHOCOLAT.