Bitter Flowers () is 2007 Norwegian crime thriller film directed by Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen. It is the first in a series of twelve films about the private detective Varg Veum, based on the books by Gunnar Staalesen. The film stars Trond Espen Seim as Veum.
Plot A man vanishes without a trace. His lover, a married, successful politician, discreetly contacts private investigator Varg Veum for assistance. Varg finds her lover murdered, and the politician's husband is arrested for the murder. However, Varg accuses the police of miscarriage of justice and gets involved in an international murder case branching out far beyond Norwegian borders, with adversaries who will stop at nothing.
Cast Trond Espen Seim as Varg Veum Kathrine Fagerland as Anna Keilhaug Bjørn Floberg as Hamre Endre Hellestveit as Isachsen Anders Dale as Odin Øyvind Gran as Trygve Ove Andreassen as Monrad Per Jansen as Harald Trine Wiggen as Vibeke Håvard Bakke as Bård Nicholas Hope as Warren Donaldson
Reception The film was reviewed with a "die throw" of 4 in VG,"Vellykket", VG 27 September 2007 Dagsavisen,"Sjangerfilm reddes av Seim", Dagsavisen 27 September 2007 Bergens Tidende,"Godkjent, men ikke mer", Bergens Tidende 27 September 2007 Bergensavisen,"Tøff Veum", Bergensavisen 27 September 2007 Adresseavisen."Lett match for Varg", Adresseavisen 27 September 2007 Stavanger Aftenblad,"Flott Veum-figur i streit thriller", Stavanger Aftenblad 27 September 2007 Klassekampen,"Varg Veum – gateway to the fjords", Klassekampen 27 September 2007 Fædrelandsvennen"Gunnar Staalesen-magien mangler", Fædrelandsvennen 27 September 2007 and Fredriksstad Blad;"En tidsriktig Veum", Fredriksstad Blad 27 September 2007 3 in Dagbladet"Slapp start for Veum", Dagbladet 27 September 2007 and Hamar Arbeiderblad;"Blass Veum", Hamar Arbeiderblad 27 September 2007 and 2 in Aftenposten,"Traurig start for Varg Veum", Aftenposten 27 September 2007 Dagens Næringsliv, which gave no "die throw," called the main character "dime-a-dozen" and the plot somewhat cliché."Frekke tønner", Dagens Næringsliv 27 September 2007
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