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The main character is extremely gifted, she is a model which is where she makes money, but she's also a professional poker player, cryptocurrency investor, programmer and an extremely talented hacker, you may think why or how is she such an expert in all this areas but you have to content with the "she's spends all the day at the computer" explanation, she's obsessed with a serial killer who is being charged of brutally killing and recorded the deaths of 3 young girls, but her real obsession is with one of the videos that not even the police was able to find.

One thing about this movie is that by the middle of it, in a scene where she shows to her only friend the 2 snuff movies that she has on her computer that Ludovic (which is the guy that is being prosecuted) is in fact the responsible for murdering the girls, she shows it to her friend who is a fanatic by Ludovic and defends him at any costs until she sees those videos and realize that she was wrong all of the time, and at the end she is even seen at some TV show talking about her 'past' as a ex-fan of Ludovic talking about the reasons of why she thought that he was innocent which is at least an explanation to her obsession.

But at any point is explained why Kelly-Anne is so obsessed with this case, this guy and the lost video, I mean I understand that is a critic of the whole true crime "culture" and the bizarre fascination that some people have with these kind of cases but damn is such a meaningful critic that just don't justify the actions of the character.

Anyway this is at least a beautiful shot film and the direction is also good, the performances of the whole cast was very impressive and I would recommend for anyone to see this movie and take they own conclusion, since is not a bad movie I just don't think it's this good.

Film starts with a single shot that lasts minutes, using a Steadicam, no music, showing a courtroom and jumping from the monologue of prosecutor to the defendant and finishing by zooming in to the protagonists face. Plante shows great taste in his direction by borrowing from the best: Hitchcock, Scorsese, Polanski, Kubrick, Fincher.

My main problem was, as other reviewers mentioned, the failure of the script in portraying the main character as a person with, motivation, feelings, values, substance. The story is told from her perspective but we learn nothing about her, thus making her actions and the whole story confusing and meaningless from a psychological standpoint. As the story moves forward, we get more and more confused about what she is doing and mainly "why". I don't have a problem with psychologically ambiguous characters unless their ambiguity has a psychological background.

According to the writer - director, this was a movie about the true crime fans and their obsession with violence. But is this character a real representative of this type of people?

In any case this movie was a breathe of fresh air, especially with tons of mediocre thrillers coming out every week. The soundtrack, cinematography, acting was A-Grade.

Fantastic piece of art. Acting was just wonderful. Main protagonist ist one hell of an actress. Story is really disturbing and the end is just.... Wow. For me, this was one great cinema. For the most of the part you are just left wondering, why she does what she does, unti the very end. 10 is not enough for this one

SPOILERS:

For me the main protagonist is one of the users of these sorts of movies and also she is obsessed with the killer so much that she is ready to make a scene and ruin her career just for the look of the murderer she fantazies about. He is definitelly the killer. She imagines herself in the role of his victims. She is totally mental but on the other hand, she knows deep down, that what he does (and she enjoys), is just evil and it needs to be stopped. Thats why she leaves the USB with the video for the mother.

Among all the 2023 releases that I've managed to watch, this movie has still been the most interesting to me. I'm happy to see its rating has increased, as it seems deserving. This film portrays dark truths without violent and scary scenes. The main character of this film is charismatic and mysterious enough. I've considered this woman as a symbolic portrayal of modern humanity, experiencing a great deal of weariness, rather than categorizing her as positive or negative. This can be understood from her descriptions of her favorite game and the amount of time she spends playing it.

Getting involved in case and her efforts to bring it to a successful conclusion for the benefit of the victim's family seems to be more than anything a way to alleviate boredom. The main character of this story also resembles cold-blooded creatures of the dark web world; with the difference that she can be even colder and her mental control allows her to invent more complex and interesting forms of entertainment for herself instead of engaging in violent content.

Some believed that this film was a mockery of certain inefficiencies of the criminal justice system, but I don't think so; this film speaks more to the unpreparedness of the criminal justice system to face the complexities of the new world.