Joining the small but no less inventive subgenre of one-location thrillers, The Guilty provides a worthy refute to the idea that a bigger budget always correlates with intense cinematic excitement. In his directorial debut, Gustav Möller captures a single emergency call worker who responds to a kidnapping, and things are best left unspoiled from there. Following a Sundance debut where it picked up the audience award in its category and a recent stop at New Directors/New Films, the first international trailer has arrived.
John Fink said in his review,”The Guilty is an exhilarating, minimalist thriller that effectively sinks its hooks in, despite its bland, melodramatic title. In the vein of Locke and My Dinner with Andre, it isn’t exactly a one-man show fronted by Jakob Cedergren, but works as well as it does thanks to director Gustav Möller’s taut editing, voice cast, and sound effects that create a haunting scene halfway through the film without a drop of onscreen blood.”
See the trailer below via Cinemaldito and we’ll update when subtitles arrive.
The Guilty will be released by Magnolia Pictures.