Kapringen ('A hijacking') is the directorial debut of Tobias Lindholm, who also wrote the script and previously wrote Jagten. It shows. The film has the same strong psychological tension without much physical action, the same combination which made Jagten such a strong film.
The story is that of a Danish freighter being hijacked by Somali pirates, and the negotiations that follow.
Half the film takes place on the ship, truly capturing the cramped pressure the crew is in, who do not even know if the others on the same ship are OK and are hardly able to communicate with their Somali captors. The other half takes place around the negotiation team in Denmark, where the company's CEO experiences a whole different kind of stress and pressure while handling the uncertainties that come with dealing with foreign demands over a crappy and intermittent phone line.
Kapringen is not a thriller, it's a very emphatic observation. Which is so much harder to make and more impressive to watch!
The story is that of a Danish freighter being hijacked by Somali pirates, and the negotiations that follow.
Half the film takes place on the ship, truly capturing the cramped pressure the crew is in, who do not even know if the others on the same ship are OK and are hardly able to communicate with their Somali captors. The other half takes place around the negotiation team in Denmark, where the company's CEO experiences a whole different kind of stress and pressure while handling the uncertainties that come with dealing with foreign demands over a crappy and intermittent phone line.
Kapringen is not a thriller, it's a very emphatic observation. Which is so much harder to make and more impressive to watch!