The threatment (De Behandeling) Director: Hans Herbots language:belgium genre :thriller one heck of a thriller Very rarely does one come across a film that sticks with you for days after watching A procedural thriller in which pedophilia is front and centre The Treatment is about as ugly as a mystery can be before it must be called exploitative. Not content to imagine one rapists serial crimes, it envisions a pedophile network enabling him, then gives the case to a haunted detective whose own brother vanished in childhood, likely a victim of similar acts. Nick Cafmeyer, who decades after losing his brother continues to be taunted by the aging neighbor who was a suspect but couldnt be convicted. Seemingly unworried that the lawman will turn vigilante, Ivan Plettinckx sneaks around his house at night, leaving him notes that offer contradictory, boasting accounts of what he did to the boy. As Nick follows clues, both with fellow cops and without their knowledge, the movie offers us leads of our own, introducing some obvious creeps who may be the perpetrator. As the plot progresses nick goes through a number of false steps and parallel scenes shows that the rapists latest plot moving towards completion The truth is more horrible even than any of the detectives expect, and The Treatment has no intention of making it easy to hear.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:33:52 +0000
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