The Call
Why this pick
A tightly contained emergency-call thriller that sustains pressure through voice performances, incomplete information, and the moral burden placed on one increasingly desperate operator.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
A tightly contained emergency-call thriller that sustains pressure through voice performances, incomplete information, and the moral burden placed on one increasingly desperate operator.
Why this pick
Like The Guilty, it turns a single professional under extreme strain into propulsive drama, using phone calls and a confined setting to expose personal responsibility in real time.
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01 / THE STORY
Holm, a Copenhagen police officer assigned to desk duty in a police dispatch center while under disciplinary review, is drawn into a potential kidnapping case and is tempted to bend, or break, the law in order to secure the safe return of a woman who called him on the emergency line.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Asger Holm
Iben (voice)
Rashid (voice)
Michael (voice)
Man at Skælbækgade Street (voice)

Alarm Dispatcher #3
Afternoon Watch #2
Maskestemmer #2