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Jar City is a islandais film of genre Drama directed by Baltasar Kormákur released in USA on 20 october 2008 with Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Jar City (2006)

Jar City
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Released in USA 20 october 2008
Length 1h33
Directed by
OriginIslande
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating67% 3.3943453.3943453.3943453.3943453.394345

Jar City (Icelandic: Mýrin - "The Bog") is a 2006 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on Mýrin, a novel written by Arnaldur Indriðason and released in English as Jar City.

Kormákur is in the midst of producing an English-language remake, also called Jar City, which will be set in Louisiana.

Synopsis

A world-weary cop comes to believe a recent murder of an elderly man is linked to a case of rape three decades earlier and works to put the pieces together.

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