# The Guilty (2018)

> A suspended Danish police officer races to rescue a kidnapped woman using only an emergency phone line, while the limits of his own perspective turn the investigation inward.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/334256

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Director: Gustav Möller
- Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jacob Lohmann, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen, Jeanette Lindbæk, Simon Bennebjerg
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6742252/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: claustrophobic, tense, austere, late night suspense, focused thriller viewing

## Synopsis

A tense race against time unfolds as a dispatcher fights to save a life from afar.

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