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The Treatment

2014 · Movie · NR · 131 min · ★ 6.9 · 88% critics

CrimeMysteryThriller

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

Directed by Hans Herbots