Handsome, intellectual and successful inspector Nick Cafmeyer has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn since he was 9. Then, when a disturbing case comes to light involving a missing nine-year-old, Nick heads a massive search which turns into a relentless manhunt.
26 January 1968, Ekeren, Belgium
1975
24 January 1968, Oostende, Flanders, Belgium
25 February 1947, Mechelen, Belgium
30 January 1976, Braine-l'Alleud, Wallonia, Belgium
30 December 1954, Gent, Flanders, Belgium
17 November 1965, Belgium
August 20, 2015
Tough stuff, but worth a look for Eurocrime fans.August 23, 2015
Horribly convincing performances add exploitative heft, while Johan Van Essche's production design makes the Boschian hell seem all too real.August 20, 2015
A bleak, uncompromising look into the brutal death of innocence.August 17, 2015
The suspense is built on obscene foundations, the whole film teetering on the brink of seriously bad taste.August 20, 2015
The Treatment brought me close to a panicked run for the cinema door on a number of occasions, but I held steady through this compelling and horrifying police search for a Belgian paedophile.March 12, 2015
The subject matter could have been exploitative or cheapened in the wrong hands. But Herbots deftly weaves an intricate, if somewhat baggy, tale.March 02, 2015
a film about acts utterly unconscionable, even unimaginable, which Herbots expertly outlines without ever drifting into overexplicitness or sensationalist excess. In place of shock, we get shame...May 25, 2015
It's a slow-burn that holds the attention through growing suspense and the promise of devastating reveals.August 17, 2015
With its unrelenting focus on pain and sadness it's undeniably powerful but a little one-dimensional; by denying us a breadth of emotions it's hard to connect with the story in any meaningful way.March 02, 2016
The Treatment is relentlessly sad in tone, utterly vile in content, and brilliantly effective in delivery.August 20, 2015
It is claustrophobic and disquieting, put over with gruesome conviction.