July 5, 2014

The Treatment (2014)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089778/

Belgian film about a serial pedophile and killer, there are some difficult to watch/hear scenes but they are handled well as part of the story and so neither gratuitous nor excessive. The story has several threads of tragedy woven somewhat together, but ultimately really are separate arcs other than one providing the emotional motivation for the other. The lead character, Nik Cafmeyer (played well by Geert van Rampelberg), is highly emotional and conflicted - to me, a bit too much to realistically be the crack detective that he portrays - and you ache to watch his tragic decisions and experiences. The ending is very sad and highly unexpected.

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