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Introverted and hard-working snowplow driver Nils has just been named “Citizen of the Year,” when he receives news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Disbelieving the official report, Nils soon uncovers evidence of the young man's murder - a victim in a turf war between the local crime boss, known as "The Count", and his Serbian rivals. Armed with heavy machinery and a good dose of beginner's luck, Nils embarks upon a quest for revenge that soon escalates into a full-blown underworld gang war, with the body count spiraling ever higher and higher.
 
Director Hans Petter Moland
Screenplay Kim Fupz Aakeson
Producers Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae
Executive Producers Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae, Peter Garde, Erik Poppe, Stellan Skarsgård og?Hans Petter Moland
Co-Producers ?Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Charlotte Pedersen, Madeleine Ekman og Jessica Ask
Co-Executive Producers Geir Eikeland og Stig Hjerkinn Haug
Production Paradox (Paradox Film 2 AS)?
DP Philip Øgaard
Production Design Jørgen Stangebye Larsen
Editor Jens Christian Fodstad?
Sound Gisle Tveito
Produced with the support of
Norwegian Film Institute Swedish Film
Institute Danish Film Institute Nordisk Film & TV Fond Eurimages
Film3 Film i Väst
Nils
Stellan Skarsgård
Papa
Bruno Ganz
Greven
Pål Sverre Hagen
Aron Horowitz
Jakob Oftebro
Marit
?Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Strike
Kristofer Hivju
Geir
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
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LIKE DEATH WISH SET IN FARGO. BUT FUNNIER...AND BLOODIER!" - THE LIST
"Bleakly funny…an absorbing and atmospheric entry in what we might as well term the “red snow” genre." - The Los Angeles Times
"The quiet dignity and soulfulness that radiates from Skarsgard’s craggily handsome features is echoed by the film’s majestic snowbound imagery (courtesy of the cinematographer Philip Øgaard) and its gorgeously keening guitar-based score." - The Los Angeles Times
"Brilliant. Brings a cool blast to summer’s end." - Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
"Possesses both a striking soulfulness and a sense of beauty." - Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
"Stellan Skarsgård gives a terrific performance." - The Wall Street Journal
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