A Hijacking
- language: Danish English
- director: Tobias Lindholm
- actor: Abdihakin Asgar Amalie Ihle Alstrup Amalie Vulff Andersen Dar Salim Gary Skjoldmose Porter Pilou Asbæk Roland Møller Søren Malling
- writer: Tobias Lindholm
Synopsis:
In A Hijacking, Tobias Lindholm turns his attention to a current topic: piracy at sea. The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbour when it is boarded and captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk) and the engineer Jan (Roland Møller), who, along with the rest of the seamen, are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars, a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company (Søren Malling) and the Somali pirates. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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