Sometimes torture horror hits home, and sometimes it misses. This one hit home.
This Canadian French film (with subtitles) tells the story of a surgeon whose 8-year-old daughter is raped and murdered by a known pedophile. The father makes arrangements to kidnap the criminal before he goes to trial, and give the man his own form of justice. The title refers to the fact that the father informs the police that in seven days (which end on what would have been the daughter's 9th birthday) the murderer will be killed, and then he'll turn himself in.
This is not one the high-action, extremely bloody and violent films that you might see if it had come from the U.S. This is a deep, intense study of human nature. Of the power of love. Of the strength of commitment. Of vengeance. Of the difficulty in dealing with an untimely, brutal death.
Yes, there is graphic content, and you will squirm at what the father does to the rapist. But you will also find yourself cheering for the surgeon. And you will commiserate with him.
Which makes my recommendation to be a wholehearted
This Canadian French film (with subtitles) tells the story of a surgeon whose 8-year-old daughter is raped and murdered by a known pedophile. The father makes arrangements to kidnap the criminal before he goes to trial, and give the man his own form of justice. The title refers to the fact that the father informs the police that in seven days (which end on what would have been the daughter's 9th birthday) the murderer will be killed, and then he'll turn himself in.
This is not one the high-action, extremely bloody and violent films that you might see if it had come from the U.S. This is a deep, intense study of human nature. Of the power of love. Of the strength of commitment. Of vengeance. Of the difficulty in dealing with an untimely, brutal death.
Yes, there is graphic content, and you will squirm at what the father does to the rapist. But you will also find yourself cheering for the surgeon. And you will commiserate with him.
Which makes my recommendation to be a wholehearted
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