

An assistant prosecutor zealously pursues a conviction in the case of a pediatric nurse accused of murdering her patients, but doubt arises when her evidence shows that the infants may have died of natural causes.
Acting
Schluter's restrained panic anchors every frame.
Direction
Van der Oest refuses easy villains.
Editing
Clinical cuts mirror institutional coldness.

Director
Paula van der Oest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real Lucia de Berk case, where Dutch courts initially dismissed statistical evidence of her innocence. She was fully exonerated in 2010 after serving six years.
The film sparked renewed debate in the Netherlands about prosecutorial immunity and the 'CSI effect'—juries expecting certainty where science offers probability.