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Bitter Flowers (2007 film)

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Bitter Flowers aka Varg Veum: Bitter Flowers
Teaser Poster for the Varg Veum film series
Directed byUlrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
Written byGunnar Staalesen (novel)
Thomas Moldestad (screenplay)
Produced byJonas Allen
Peter Bose
StarringTrond Espen Seim
Kathrine Fagerland
Bjørn Floberg
CinematographyGaute Gunnari
Edited byWibecke Rønseth
Erik Thv. Aster
Music byGinge
Release date
September 28, 2007 (Norway)
Running time
95 min
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian / English

Bitter Flowers (Bitre Blomster) is 2007 Norwegian crime thriller directed by Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen. It is the first in a series of twelve films about the private detective Varg Veum, based on the books by Gunnar Staalesen. The film stars Trond Espen Seim as Veum.

Plot

A man vanishes without a trace. His lover, a married, successful politician, discreetly contacts private investigator Varg Veum for assistance. Varg finds her lover murdered, and the politician's husband is arrested for the murder. However, Varg accuses the police of miscarriage of justice and gets involved in an international murder case branching out far beyond Norwegian borders, with adversaries who will stop at nothing.

Cast