“A Conspiracy of Faith” thriller smashes Danish box office recordMarch 9, 2016 - 18:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hans Petter Moland’s thriller “A Conspiracy of Faith” has broken a 15-year record at the Danish box office, grossing an estimated $1.7 million from 154,342 tickets since opening March 3. Taking the previews into account, the movie has sold 207,669 tickets, Variety reports. Based on Jussi Adler Olsen’s bestseller and penned by Nikolaj Arcel (“A Royal Affair”), “Conspiracy of Faith” is the third film of the hit trilogy also comprising “The Keeper of Lost Causes” and “The Absent One.” The third opus follows detective Carl Mørck and his assistant, Assad, as they get pulled into a horrific case involving a psychopathic murderer, religious fanaticism and abducted siblings never reported missing by their parents. TrustNordisk has already sold the movie in more than 60 countries including North America (IFC Films), Germany and Austria (NFP), Switzerland (Frenetic Films), Benelux (Lumiere), France (Wild Bunch Distribution), Spain (Vertigo Films), Turkey (Medyavizyon), Estonia (Estin Film), Poland (Kino Swiat) and Russia CIS (Russian Report). The Scandinavian cast is headlined by Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares, as well as Jakob Oftebro (“Kon-Tiki”) and Pål Sverre Hagen (“Ragnarok”). “Conspiracy of Faith” marked the first collaboration between Detailfilm and Zentropa Hamburg. Photo: Trust Nordisk Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |