The Girl Who Played with Fire

    Genre
    Thriller, Mystery
  • |
    • Runtime
    152 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2009
  • |
    • Countries
    Sweden
  • |
    • Languages
    Swedish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Daniel Alfredson
WRITTEN BY:
Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson
CAST INCLUDES:
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

The second chapter in the trilogy "doesn’t just play with thriller conventions — it puts them to work" (Entertainment Weekly). Noomi Rapace returns to the title role, with Director Daniel Alfredson at the helm. As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

SYNOPSIS

In this second installment of Stieg Larsson’s phenomenal ‘Dragon Tattoo Trilogy’, Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered and Salander’s prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

    Genre
    Thriller, Mystery
  • |
    • Runtime
    152 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2009
  • |
    • Countries
    Sweden
  • |
    • Languages
    Swedish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Daniel Alfredson
WRITTEN BY
Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson
CAST INCLUDES
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
The second chapter in the trilogy "doesn’t just play with thriller conventions — it puts them to work" (Entertainment Weekly). Noomi Rapace returns to the title role, with Director Daniel Alfredson at the helm. As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.

In this second installment of Stieg Larsson’s phenomenal ‘Dragon Tattoo Trilogy’, Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered and Salander’s prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society.

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