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The film deals with the criminal case involving Marianne Bachmeier, who shot her daughter's murderer in the courtroom in 1981.
Acting
Marie Colbin's hollow-eyed resolve never asks for sympathy.
Direction
Bohm shoots the killing in clinical long takes, no glory.
Editing
Jagged flashbacks mirror a mind broken by loss.

Director
Hark Bohm
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