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(aka "Eyewitness" )
directed by Jarl Emsell Larsen (creator)
Norway 2014
While his
mother is back in rehab in Oslo, Philip
(Axel Bøyum) is living with a foster
family in the village of Mysen. The
withdrawn young man's only friend is
motocross hopeful Henning (Odin Waage),
and Philip puts his feelings on the line
one cold night in a shack at the quarry
run by Henning's father. Their first
time is interrupted by the arrival of
black Audi carrying four bikers planning
to carry out a hit and dump the body.
When their intended victim (Per
Kjerstad,
TURN ME ON, DAMMIT!) gets the
upper hand and executes all four, he
also notices the boys watching from the
shack. While the killer goes after
Philip, Henning is able to knock him out
and the two boys flee. Philip wants to
go to the police, but Henning is more
concerned about being labeled gay than a
witness to four murders, or possibly
five since he fired the killer's gun and
believes he killed the man. Philip
agrees not to say anything since Henning
saved his life and they throw the gun
into the pool beneath a waterfall. When
the bodies are discovered the next day
by Henning's father Runar (Fridtjov
Såheim), fear spreads through the
village of killers in their midst and
Philip's foster mother Helen (Anneke von
der Lippe), the Sheriff of Mysen, finds
her investigation impeded by Special
Operations officers Lars (Tobias
Santelmann) and Camilla (Yngvild Støen
Grotmol) who recognize among the victims
informer Christer (Åsmund Brede Eike)
who had tipped them off the night before
of the planned hit but not the identity
of the victim. While Camilla has to
deliver the bad news to her sister Siri
(Mariann Hole) who has a child with
Christer, Lars – resentful that the SO
has been made auxiliary to former NCIS
(National Criminal Investigation
Service) officer Helen's investigation –
and the Special Operations unit
investigate the biker gang to which the
victims belonged and their ties to
another gang known for dealing in
hashish and amphetamines. After Camilla
confides in the details of Christer's
tip, Helen's unit looks into missing
persons for a likely victim. |
Theatrical Release: 20 October 2014 - 24 November 2014 (Norwegian TV)
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DVD Review: Simpy Media - Region 2 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 5:56:44 (4% PAL speedup) | |
Video |
2.19:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | Norwegian Dolby Digital 5.1; Norwegian Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release
Information: Studio: Simpy Media
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Edition
Details: Chapters 36 |
Comments |
Simply Media presents the six-part miniseries on two dual-layer discs in anamorphic encodes framed at the strange aspect ratio of 2.19:1 which does little for the composition other than make it seem "edgier" by clipping hairlines and chins in close-up (although this seems to be the fault of the production not the disc). Audio is available in Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo. The optional English subtitles translate not only the Scandinavian languages but transcribe the thickly-accented English exchanges (sometimes making them more grammatically correct that what is delivered by the actors). There are no extras. |
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