The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (film)
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| Directed by | Daniel Alfredson |
| Produced by | Soren Staermose Jon Mankell |
| Screenplay by | Ulf Rydberg Jonas Frykberg |
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson |
| Starring |
Noomi Rapace Michael Nyqvist |
| Music by | Jacob Groth |
| Cinematography | Peter Mokrosinski |
| Edited by | Mattias Morheden |
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| Distributed by | Zodiak Entertainment |
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147 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | $5.3 million |
| Box office | $43.5 million |
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes = English: The Air Castle that Exploded) is a 2009 Swedish drama thriller film directed by Daniel Alfredson. It is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the third and final entry in his Millennium series. The film was also the last film for veteran actor Per Oscarsson, who died in a house fire on 31 December 2010.
The film begins at the conclusion of the The Girl Who Played with Fire. Salander is airlifted to a hospital in Gothenburg, to recover from gunshot wounds inflicted by her father, Zala. She is cared for by Dr. Anders Jonasson, who prevents anyone except Annika Giannini, her lawyer, from visiting.
At the same time, Evert Gullberg and Fredrik Clinton, old colleagues from the "Section," a group within the Swedish Security Service, reconnect and decide that they must silence Zalachenko (a Soviet defector) and Salander to preserve cold-war secrets. Zalachenko is still alive, in a hospital room down the hall from Salander. Gullberg arrives at the hospital at the same time as Giannini, proceeds to Zalachenko's room, and shoots him dead. Giannini saves Salander by barricading the door to Salander's room. Gullberg, unable to reach Salander, shoots himself. Clinton visits psychiatrist Dr. Peter Teleborian, and explains his plan to silence Salander by having her committed to St. Stephen's mental hospital again. Dr. Teleborian tries to meet with Salander to conduct a psychological evaluation, but is obstructed by her doctor, Dr. Jonasson.
Blomkvist persuades Dr. Jonasson to sneak an internet phone (a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 in the film) into Salander's room, whereupon Salander immediately contacts her fellow hacker, Plague, to see if he can find something on Dr. Teleborian. She then tells Blomkvist that Giannini has permission to use a video showing Nils Bjurman in the act of raping her. Bjurman was her state-appointed guardian and one of the people she is accused of murdering. Blomkvist compels a civil servant, Bertil Janeryd, to reveal that Gullberg and Rottinger had visited the Prime Minister years ago to urge a cover-up of the Zalachenko affair.
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