The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Män Som Hatar Kvinnor

(Sweden, 2009, 152 mins, 35mm)

Wisconsin Premiere

writer: Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
director of photography: Eric Kress, Jens Fischer
editor, Anne Østerud, Jannus Billeskov Jansen: 
supervising sound editor: Peter Schultz
sound recording: Anders Hörling
composer: Jacob Groth
production designer: Niels Sejer
costumes: Cilla Rörby
producer: Sören Staermose
cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber, Peter Andersson, Marika Lagercrantz, Ingvar Hirdwall, Björn Granath, Ewa Fröling

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and the tattooed and troubled but resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. Author Stieg Larsson, who died suddenly in 2004, left behind three unpublished novels, known as the “Millennium” trilogy, which have become a global sensation, elevating Larsson to the world’s second best-selling author last year. Viewer discretion advised.

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