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A Film by Halina Reijn
2019 - Netherlands - Drama/Thriller - 2.35 - 98 min
with Carice van Houten (GAME OF THRONES, BLACK BOOK), Marwan Kenzari (ALADDIN)
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 is 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, while slowly, 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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