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Intrigo: Death of an Author
Film poster
Directed byDaniel Alfredson
Starring
CinematographyPaweł Edelman
Edited byHåkan Karlsson
Music byAnders Niska
Klas Wahl
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
  • October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11) (Germany and Austria)
  • January 17, 2020 (2020-01-17) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesGermany
Sweden
United States
LanguageEnglish

Intrigo: Death of an Author is a 2018 German-Swedish-American mystery crime drama film directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Ben Kingsley and Benno Fürmann. The film is based on a series of novellas by Håkan Nesser.[1] It is the first in a trilogy of films.[2]

Plot

David finds the author Alex Henderson living alone on a Greek island. David tells him the story of his novel which interweaves the story of his own life. Nothing is made very clear as the film switches back and forth from the conversation to the plot of the novel and the parallels to David's life.

Cast

Reception

The film has a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3] Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three stars.[4] David Robb of Slant Magazine awarded it one and a half stars out of four.[5]

Sequels

The film is followed by two sequels, Intrigo: Dear Agnes and Intrigo: Samaria,[6] which were released in Germany on October 10, 2019.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Scheck, Frank (15 January 2020). "'Intrigo: Death of an Author': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/intrigo-death-an-author-1269966
  3. ^ "Intrigo: Death of an Author". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ^ Minow, Nell (17 January 2020). "Intrigo: Death of an Author". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ Robb, David (13 January 2020). "Review: Intrigo: Death of an Author Is Damned by Its Lack of Self-Awareness". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/intrigo-death-an-author-1269966
  7. ^ http://www.fox.de/samaria
  8. ^ http://www.fox.de/dear-agnes
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