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Directed by Trygve Diesen, Tyven, Tyven ("Hold My Heart") follows the tense relationship between a father and his young daughter. The father, Harald (Jorgen Langhelle), has divorced Cecilie (Andrea Braein Hovig, his wife, after an ugly breakup which involved accusations of spousal abuse and child molesting. Furious, Harald kidnaps his 7-year-old daughter, Lisa (Vera Rudi), who he has been forbidden any contact with. Over the course of a few days, the father and daughter grow closer. The police, meanwhile, have organized a manhunt for Harald, and only one policewoman believes he is not a dangerous man.