Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...
An excellent black comedy, handsome thriller and a tall story that keeps you guessing as it unwinds. The genuinely ridiculous plot (a man pays a couple of goons to 'pretend' to kidnap his wife in order to get his paws on his in-laws' 'ransom' money) is completely credible as mighty plans fall apart, spiralling ever more beyond the protagonist's control and leaving us marvelling at the complex stupidity of human nature. A modern classic.
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When snowplow driver, Nils receives news that his son has died of a heroin overdose, he is disbelieving of the official report and soon uncovers evidence of his son s murder an innocent victim of local crime boss, The Count . Armed with heavy machinery, Nils embarks upon a quest for revenge that inadvertently ignites a full-blown underworld gang war, with the body count spiraling ever higher and higher. A hugely entertaining, darkly comic thriller from the reliably idiosyncratic Norwegians
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