The treatment
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The treatment |
| Original title | De treating |
| Country of production | Belgium |
| original language | Dutch |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 131 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Herbots |
| script | Carl Joos |
| production | Peter Bouckaert |
| music |
Kieran Klaassen Melcher Meirmans Chrisnanne Wiegel |
| camera | Frank van den Eeden |
| cut | Philippe Ravoet |
| occupation | |
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The Treatment is a Belgian crime film from the director Hans Herbots from 2014. The film is based on the novel of the same name by the English writer Mo Hayder .
action
Belgian chief inspector Nick Cafmeyer suffers from the fact that his brother Bjorn was kidnapped by a pedophile when they were both children. Now he comes to a house where a family has been held for three days. The parents Alex and Cindy Simons survived, but their nine-year-old son Robin has disappeared and was probably kidnapped by the perpetrator. Red writing on the wall mixed with urine indicates female toxins .
Nick interrogates Ms. Simons, who saw a camera flash while in captivity. When he is about to leave the house, a little girl speaks of a troll in the tree. In a new development, Nick visits the Vankerkhove family, who are the first to live there. Mother Steffi misses milk and son Joff also talks about the troll. Nick's colleague Iris Kryotos finds an article on prolactin and asks her to search the files for the keyword troll. His colleague Danni Petit expresses concern about Nick's past. Together they try to interview Alex Simons in the hospital, but get no useful information.
At home, Nick reads a letter from Ivan Plettinckx, who was the prime suspect in Bjorn's case 25 years ago. During a renewed search of the park with sniffer dogs, Nick discovers Robin's body in a tree. The forensic examination reveals a bite wound on the child's back and traces of sexual abuse. During Nick's birthday party that evening, he sees Plettinckx, who continues to annoy him, and he believes the suspect at the time is somehow connected to Robin's case. Iris tells him that Robin was in the tree for two days and died of thirst. She also found an old case from the 90s with the keyword Troll. Nick speaks to the then investigator, who shows him photos. An anonymous caller said that the child in the photos was his son and that the troll did it.
Nick breaks into Plettinckx's house and learns that he is suffering from incurable lung cancer. A little later he finds him with a rope around his neck. Before Nick can get more information from the suspect, the suspect hangs himself. When the Vankerkhove family wanted to go on an excursion, Steffi collapsed and was handcuffed shortly afterwards. With the help of a treasure map that was given to him anonymously, Nick finds a metal box with video cassettes near the railway line where Bjorn disappeared. At home he watches the videos. They show how Bjorn was sexually abused. Nick discovers a tattoo on a woman's shoulder and a license plate. The license plate leads him to the pedophile Ronny Lammers, who has already died, and his wife Nancy. He drives to the woman who behaves unruly but seems to know Plettinckx. According to Danni, the bite wound on Robin's body belongs to a man.
The witness Bela Nercessian reveals that Alex Simons is Armenian and is actually called Alerian Simonian. He was in prison for two years for molesting a minor. In front of the Simons family home, a man approaches Nick, who introduces himself as Robin's swimming instructor and reports that the children are talking about a troll who is climbing walls. Nick finds Alex Simons behind the house and takes him to the laboratory, but Alex defends himself against the dental impression. According to the laboratory, however, the semen on Robin's body came from him. Meanwhile, Nancy holds Bjorn prisoner. She offers Nick more information, but only for 3000 euros. But while he gets the money, Danni connects to Nancy via the tattoo from the video and arrests her. The police had been looking for Nancy for a long time.
The lab worker who took Alex Simons' dental impression finds that the impression does not match the bite on Robin's corpse. So the real culprit is still free. In an attic, Nick discovers his hiding place and climbing equipment. This leads to swimming instructor Chris Gommaer, who has a ban on contact with his son. Nick shows Gommaer the photos from the old case on which he can be seen with his son. Gommaer claims to have been forced by the troll. Nick and Danni confront Alex Simons with the new information, and it turns out that the same was true of the family.
Nick ponders the smell of urine in the Simons family home. Gommaer reveals that the perpetrator is impotent and has previously slashed a policewoman. Steffi Vankerkhove, who is still tied up, has scratched a hole in the floor and now sees her husband Hans and son Joff also tied up on the floor below. Through the reference to the murdered policewoman, Iris finds the name of the perpetrator Roland Claeren. In his house, Nick and Danni find documents with references to prolactin and female hormones as triggers for impotence. The perpetrator carries out his own special treatment. Investigators also find photos of the crimes and many containers of urine.
A new photo shows them that there are new victims. Nick asks Alex Simons, who talks about urine and missing milk bottles. This is how Nick remembers the Vankerkhove family. Claeren is about to flee into their house with Joff, who also has a bite wound on his back. Claeren initially escapes without the child, but Nick catches up with him and beats him until Danni stops his anger.
In the end, Nick gives his colleague the videotapes as evidence against Nancy Lammers and announces that he will sell the house. But Bjorn remains trapped.
criticism
The reviewer from cinema.de describes the film as a “tightly staged thriller” that is “overloaded with two diabolical perpetrators”. The revelation of the perpetrator seems "completely absurd". Oliver Armknecht writes on film-rezensions.de as a conclusion: “The behavior of the characters is not always completely understandable, some questions are not clarified. Nevertheless, the competent implementation of the Mo Hayder bestseller is exciting and, not least because of the perfidious story, a good tip for all friends of dark thrillers. "Thomas Repenning sees in his review at moviebreak.de" an evil, haunting, authentic and dark nightmare cinema that doesn't let you go that quickly. ”He also praises the“ great production by director Hans Herbots ”. Elmar Krekeler mentioned the dramaturgy and the optical effects positively, but warned the readers of Welt online that the film would be broadcast on ZDF before some scenes: “That is sheer voyeurism . That delivers pedophiles jerk off templates. That has nothing to do with education. "
Web links
- The treatment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Treatment in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ FSK release certificate
- ↑ The treatment. cinema.de, accessed on November 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Oliver Armknecht: The treatment. film-rezensions.de, January 3, 2015, accessed on November 7, 2017 .
- ^ Thomas Repenning: The treatment. moviebreak.de, accessed on November 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Elmar Krekeler: This film provides pedophiles with a masturbation template. Welt Online, May 29, 2017, accessed November 7, 2017 .