After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.
Tobias Zilliacus
Joona Linna
Mikael Persbrandt
Erik Maria Bark
Lena Olin
Simone Bark
Helena af Sandeberg
Daniella
Jonatan Bökman
Josef
Oscar Pettersson
Benjamin
Eva Melander
Magdalena
Anna Azcárate
Lydia
Johan Hallström
Erland
Göran Thorell
Stensund
The Hypnotist is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2012 exploring themes of trauma, psychologist, hypnotist, broken ice, hypnotize. Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Tobias Zilliacus, Mikael Persbrandt, Lena Olin. After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.
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