Gustav Mller, who won the Audience Award at Sundance with his previous film The Guilty, has just completed the shooting of Vogter, a psychological thriller which has been boarded by Nordisk Film and Les Films du Losange.
Vogter boasts a stellar Nordic cast including Sidse Babett Knudsen, the BAFTA-winning actor of Borgen, Dar Salim (Game of Thrones) and up-and-comer Sebastian Bull.
The film follows Eva, an idealistic prisonofficerwhois faced with thedilemma of her life when a young man from her past getstransferredtothe prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young mans ward the toughest and most violent in the prison. Here beginsan unsettling psychological thriller, where Evas sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.
We are very excited and happy to share that we have just wrapped the shooting of Gustav Mllers second feature film with Sidse Babett Knudsen playing the all-dominating lead role, said Lina Flint who is producing the movie at Nordisk Films. It is a huge pleasure to watch Gustavs beautiful script come to life, and we look so much forward to share the film, the producer continued.
Over at Les Films du Losange, Alice Lesort said Gustav Mller has proven to be one of the most brilliant director of his generation. The Guilty, already produced by the powerhouse Nordisk Films, was such an artistic achievement and a commercial success at the same time, which is exactly was the international market needs at the moment, Lesort continued.
The sales banner went on to say that Vogter has the same level of ambition and yet is a very different project, with a strong identity.
Vogter has been pre-bought by both DR, the Danish pubcaster, and SVT, the Swedish Broadcaster. Nordisk Film Distribution will release the film in Scandinavia, while Les Films du Losange will release it in France.
Mllers feature debut, The Guilty sold in over 100 territories and was remade in the U.S. by Antoine Fuqua with Jake Gyllenhaal starring in the lead role. Mller is now expected to team with Gyllenhaal on Snow Blind, a film project which is reportedly in development.