This film follows a grandfather whose family suffers losses during one of a series of violent robberies that happened in the 1980s. This is a deeply felt and masterfully acted examination on the toll that external violence takes even on its survivors. It also convincingly indicts the indifference, incompetence and corruption of the Belgian police and politicians.
The movie is a bit too lengthy, with a long speech at the end. Our film festival thought the film would be 20 minutes shorter. One wonders whether the final speech wasn't included in some releases of the film.
The other problem is that while it makes a good case that an official cover up happened, it doesn't make any clear case for the why of it all. I don't really buy that police were themselves doing violent hold ups of grocery stores so that there would be generally more funding for the police and SWAT teams.
The movie is a bit too lengthy, with a long speech at the end. Our film festival thought the film would be 20 minutes shorter. One wonders whether the final speech wasn't included in some releases of the film.
The other problem is that while it makes a good case that an official cover up happened, it doesn't make any clear case for the why of it all. I don't really buy that police were themselves doing violent hold ups of grocery stores so that there would be generally more funding for the police and SWAT teams.