The final installment of the “Millenium Trilogy”: Lisbeth Salander is fighting for her life in more ways than one. In intensive care and charged with three murders, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.
In this last installment, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders.
With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge – against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (Swedish: Luftslottet som sprängdes = English: The castle in the sky[a] that blew up) 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 was released in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark on 29 November 2009, and in Finland and Iceland in January 2010. The film was subsequently released in other European countries throughout the spring and summer of 2010. The film opened the Scottsdale (Arizona) International Film Festival on 1 October 2010, and was screened on 13 October 2010 at the Mill Valley (California) Film Festival; the film then had a limited release in United States and Canadian theaters beginning 29 October 2010.
About the Story
Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and her father Alexander Zalachenko are transported to the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, where Lisbeth is submitted to surgery to remove a bullet from her skull. During her recovery, she is assisted by the gentle Dr. Anders Jonasson who helps her avoid contact with the police, since Lisbeth will face trial for attempted murder of her father with an ax when she is discharged.
Meanwhile Mikael Blomkvist asks his sister, the lawyer Annika Giannini, to defend Lisbeth but they need evidence to prove her innocence. Further, she needs to disclose the sordidness she was submitted in her life by her guardian Bjurman and by the Chief Psychiatrist at St. Stefan’s Dr. Peter Teleborian in Uppsala; however Lisbeth is reluctant to open her life in court.
When Zalachenko is gunned down in the hospital, Lisbeth is protected by the police. Mikael uses Millennium’s resources to investigate the connections of the criminal Evert Gullberg and is contacted by the Constitutional Defense Agent Monica Figuerola. Together with the task force, they disclose a rogue security service ring that has protected the defected spy Zalachenko. Further, they discover that the group is threatening Erika Berger and is plotting to discredit Mikael. Meanwhile Ronald Niedermann is stalking Lisbeth while the hacker Plague is trying to crack the laptop of Dr. Peter Teleborian.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest )2010)
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Starring: Michael Nyqvis, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar Hirdwall, Marika Lagercrantz, Björn Granath, Ewa Fröling, Annika Hallin, Sofia Ledarp
Screenplay by: Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg, Tanja Lorentzon
Production Design by: Niels Sejer
Cinematography by: Eric Kress
Film Editing by: Anne Østerud
Costume Design by: Cilla Rörby
Music by: Jacob Groth
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, some sexual material and brief violence.
Distributed by: Music Box Films
Release Date: October 29, 2010
