Sylvia has turned a blind eye for too long to husband Eddie's flourishing drug business. When his dealing takes a (deadly) turn for the worse, however, her need to protect the lives and futures of her young children compel her to flee. But Eddie will stop at nothing to keep his wife inside the ‘family'.
Acting
Reuten's silent suffering says everything words can't.
Direction
Penning turns suburban normalcy into suffocating trap.
Director
Tjebbo Penning
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of morally murky Dutch crime cinema exploring domestic complicity, distinct from American glamorized gangster films.
The title's irony deepens with each scene—Sylvia's 'clean hands' are stained by years of chosen ignorance.
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