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| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Length: | 104mins |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Cast: | Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, and Me Me Lei |
| Credits: | Directed by Lars Bon Thier (color, 35mm) |
Synopsis
From the director of Breaking the Waves and Zentropia comes this altogether hallucinatory and stylish masterpiece. Long enjoying a cult-movie status in Europe, The Element of Crime is the story of Fischer, an ex-cop, who returns to his old beeat somewhere in Northern Europe after a thirteen year hiatus in Ciaro in order to help solve the sinister "lotto murders." Under the baleful gaze of his mentor, author of the treatise "The Element of Crime," Fischer employs his teacher's method of trying to enter the criminal's mind." ...the precocious brilliance of every single image (and) the absolute assurance and ingenuity make this a debut as startling as Earaserhead and every bit as spectacular." (Timeout).
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