The Treatment
2014 · Movie · NR · 131 min · ★ 6.9 · 88% critics
A driven police inspector, still scarred by his brother’s childhood disappearance, is pulled into a new case when another young child vanishes. As the investigation escalates into a relentless manhunt, a nearby known offender’s taunts and the inspector’s personal history push the search into darker, more obsessive territory.
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Details
- Original title
- De Behandeling
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-01-29
- Language
- Dutch
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (222 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grim, intense European crime thriller that leans into dread and obsession, like Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith or Black Coal, Thin Ice; Not for you if child-abduction themes and relentless bleakness are too much.
Pros: gripping, bleak mystery; strong lead performance; tense, unsettling mood | Cons: very disturbing subject matter; slow and overlong; questionable police behavior
Themes
- child abuse
- suicide
- police
- sadism
- kidnapping
- detective
- pedophile
- swimming instructor
Cast & crew
Geert Van Rampelberg
as Nick Cafmeyer
Ina Geerts
as Danni Petit
Johan van Assche
as Ivan Plettinckx
Laura Verlinden
as Steffi Vankerkhove
Ingrid De Vos
as Nancy Lammers
Dominique Van Malder
as Roland Claeren
- RS
Roel Swanenberg
as Hans Vankerkhove
- KS
Kyan Steverlynck
as Joff Vankerkhove
Michael Vergauwen
as Chris Gommaer
Circé Lethem
as Iris Kryotos
Directed by Hans Herbots