Headhunters

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Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie), Norway’s most successful headhunter, maintains his lavish lifestyle by stealing paintings from his clients. His partner, Ove (Eivind Sander), works at a surveillance company and deactivates security at the victims’ homes, which enables Roger to swap the stolen art for a counterfeit version of the original work. Roger turns down his mistress Lotte’s (Julie Melgaard) invitation to supper and thus brings an end to their relationship. Diana, Roger’s wife and the proprietor of an art gallery introduce him to Clas Greve (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a former executive for the GPS technology business HOTE who is interested in working for Pathfinder, the company for which Roger is recruiting.

Diana is played by Synnve Macody Lund. Diana reveals that Clas has asked her to authenticate a missing artwork by Rubens that he inherited and that is supposed to be worth millions of dollars. Diana agrees to do so. Roger takes Clas out to lunch to talk about the position, and over the course of their conversation, Roger learns that Clas formerly served in the Pathfinder, a special forces unit that specialized in tracing people, and that Clas was the winner of the European Military Pentathlon.

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2: Syriana


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3: The Infiltrator


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4: Not Without My Daughter


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5: McQueen


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6: Fireworks Wednesday


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7: Detachment


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8: the place beyond the pines


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9: Undefeated


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10: Your Sister's Sister


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11: Broken


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12: A Most Wanted Man 2014


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13: The Ides of March


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14: Zero Dark Thirty


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16: Fair Game


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17: Charlie Wilson's war


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18: Kill the Messenger


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19: Homeland


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20: Primary Colors


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21: Margin Call


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22: The Whistleblower


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23: Lawless


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