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Completed - DUTCH - Thriller, Drama - 98 minutes

Log Line

Nicoline, an experienced psychologist working in a penal institution, starts an affair with a serial rapist who appears to be ready to return to society.
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Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Halina REIJN
Writer(s) : Esther GERRITSEN, Halina REIJN
Cast : Carice VAN HOUTEN, Marwan KENZARI

Producer(s) : Frans VAN GESTEL (TOPKAPI FILMS), Laurette SCHILLINGS (TOPKAPI FILMS), Arnold HESLENFELD (TOPKAPI FILMS)

Synopsis

Nicoline, an experienced psychologist, starts a new job at a penal institution. She meets Idris, a sex offender who committed a series of grave crimes. After five years of treatment, he is about to go on his first unaccompanied probation. His team of practitioners are enthusiastic about his development but newcomer Nicoline does not trust him and tries to push his probation. Idris tries his hardest to convince Nicoline of his good intentions, but slowly but surely, he transforms into the manipulative man she saw in him from the beginning. A power play emerges between the two and Nicoline, in spite of her knowledge and experience, lets herself be trapped completely.
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Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS

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Festivals and Awards

BFI London FF 2019 (First Feature Competition)
Toronto - TIFF 2019 (Contemporary World Cinema)
Locarno 2019 (Piazza Grande - Winner Variety Piazza Grande Award)


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