The Women and the Murderer

This documentary tells about a serial killer in France back in the 90's. It's the story not only about the murderer, but about the special crime department female detective, the mother of one of the victims, a female reporter who covered the story and the two opposing attorneys once it went to trial-also women.

I found it to be very interesting and would have liked it to be even longer to get even more details. An hour and a half just wasn't enough time to fit the murders, the hunt for the killer and the trial in without missing something. It also covered how important DNA was to the case and discussed France's lack of a database for DNA at that time. I thought the whole thing was well done especially with the time constraints involved.

The way the two directors handled the documentary was awful and they could have done better if they only focused on the story and not sexism! You lose interest while watching out of boredom. I'm a huge fan of serial killers documentaries and this is the worst one I have ever seen so far.

This could have been a great documentary but it lacks the necessary focus: the victims and the killer fade somewhat into background and leave the spotlight to an excessive number of scattered interviews.

I respect the choice of giving a voice to families and survivors, but making a documentary about a serial killer without explaining adequately his MO, genesis and motives, doesn't really cut it.

I originally watched this back when I had Covid, and I blamed the virus for my struggles to follow this, so I decided to watch it again, and whilst it is a fascinating story, it is really hard to follow. It feels really disjointed, and somehow it feels a little incomplete.

The interviews are moving, and very revealing, you learn so much from the relatives.

This may have worked better if it had been done in installments, giving focus to the crime, the attacker, the database issues etc.

A good watch, but bard to follow, 6/10.

Interesting interviews but the documentary itself is very shoddy. The editing is so terrible it's nearly unwatchable.