Jar City is a movie directed by Baltasar Kormákur in 2006 and based on the book of the same name by Arnaldur Indriðason, first published in 1997. The movie features Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, and others.
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Storyline
A jaded police officer suspects a recent murder of a middle-aged man is connected to a 30-year-old case of possible rape involving a group of friends and a corrupt police officer. As he investigates, he discovers a link to neurofibromatosis, a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects people of Northern European descent. Through his investigation, he uncovers a story of a geneticist father who loses his child to neurofibromatosis, and whose quest for answers leads to his degenerate father and the revelation of multiple unsolved missing person cases from a decade ago.
Movie vs Book
Year
2006
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Jar City
Original title: Mýrin
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Country: Iceland
Year: 2006
Length: 1h33m
Year
1997
Pages
275
Book Rate
7.62
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Book
Jar City
Original title: Mýrin
Author: Arnaldur Indriðason
Country: Iceland
First published in: 1997
Length: 275 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Inspector Erlendur
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