HEADHUNTERS
aka HODEJEGERNE

Year: 2011
USA: Magnolia Pictures
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnove Macody Lund, Eivind Sander, Julie Olgaard, Reidar Sorensen, Joachim Rafaelsen, Nils Jorgen Kaalstad
Director: Morten Tyldum
Country: Norway
Language: Norwegian (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 100 mins
USA Rated: R for bloody violence including some grisly images, strong sexual content and nudity
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong sex, violence and strong gory images
USA Release Date: 27 April 2012 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 6 April 2012


Synopsis

HEADHUNTERS stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway's most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle

When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man.

HEADHUNTERS is based on Jo Nesbø's best-selling thriller from 2008.