Headhunters opened in the US a month ago, but we were distracted with preparations for Cannes and I let it slip past without posting. Thanks to Pierre de Plume for reminding me. Jo Nesbø is a name you should know, because Martin Scorsese is interested in adapting The Snowman, one of Nesbø’s Harry Hole detective thrillers.
Headhunters is showing on only 39 screens across the country right now, so if you’re lucky enough to have one of those theaters near you, might be well worth checking out. Poster and synopsis after the cut.
Save for a somewhat diminutive stature, Roger is a man who apparently has it all; he’s Norway’s most successful headhunter, he’s married to the exceedingly beautiful gallery owner Diana, has a far too expensive villa and must, to keep his head above water financially, steal a little too much art.
Clas Greve is the perfect candidate for Roger’s new recruitment assignment, being a former elite soldier and chief executive in the electronics business. He’s also in possession of a very valuable painting. Robert eyes a chance to permanently get rid of his financial worries and begins planning his final, greatest score.
But it turns out that Greve is playing games as well. When Roger breaks into Greve’s house, he finds something that changes his life completely, and soon forces him to run for his life…