In what should be one of the most joyous moments in the life of Nils Dickman as he receives the Citizen of the Year award in Norway as a Scandinavian immigrant turns into the worst as tragedy strikes him and his family. The loss of his son Ingvar to a drug overdose leads Nils, played by Stellan Skarsgård, to face withdrawal toward him from his wife and suicidal thoughts entering his mind in the subtitled film with the American name “In Order of Disappearance.” ( “Kraftidioten” is the Norweigen title.) It is at that moment when Nils discovers that his son was killed and this sets off a series of vengeful actions that many fathers would set upon if they learned the same thing.
