The once unconditional friendship between police officers Vincke and Verstuyft hits a very rough patch when they come up against a series of gruesome murders. Complicating matters even further, a survivor of the killer drives a wedge between them when Verstuyft falls for her charms. Meanwhile, the serial killer has a new victim in sight...
Acting
De Bouw and De Smedt's imploding bromance feels lived-in.
Direction
Verheyen lets silences rot between partners.
Cinematography
Flemish grey skies as psychological prison.
Director
Jan Verheyen
Koen De Bouw
Eric Vincke
Werner De Smedt
Freddy Verstuyft
Greg Timmermans
Wim Cassiers
Sofie Hoflack
Rina
Marcel Hensema
Anton Mulder
Ikram Aoulad L'Ahcen
Abida
Jurgen Delnaet
Roth
Chris van den Durpel
Hoybergs
Hilde Heijnen
Eva
Jasmine Jaspers
Verpleegster ziekenwagen
Greet Verstraete
Suzanne
Kadèr Gürbüz
Parketsecretaresse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the third film featuring Vincke and Verstuyft, following The Memory of a Killer (2003) and Dossier K. (2009), making it one of Belgium's few true detective franchises.
The film adapts Jef Geeraerts' novel, part of a literary tradition of Flemish police procedurals that deliberately undercut the glamour of American noir with bureaucratic exhaustion and regional gloom.
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