Usually, the tatort criminal stories go into the depth of the human soul with a lot of empathy for all characters, usually depicted by far-above-average actors/actresses. "Bestien" ("Beasts") is not different in this way. What makes it different is the fact that this time the real story is not about the sex murder happening in the first minutes in the movie.
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The families of the murdered girl and her friend go out and get the murderer before the police does. One of the detectives is very sure about this fact, but although he suspects the imminent lynch justice, he deliberately does not inform his partner about this. Two days later, the murderer is found dead in the river.
This movie is about how the bereaved families of victims can become offenders themselves, and how a detective showing sympathy for personal reasons - he has two daughters the same age as the sex victim - acts against the obligations imposed upon him by his job. So the story and the persons have many layers and fine shades leaving the audience behind without a final answer about what's right and what's wrong.
*** Spoiler follows below ***
The families of the murdered girl and her friend go out and get the murderer before the police does. One of the detectives is very sure about this fact, but although he suspects the imminent lynch justice, he deliberately does not inform his partner about this. Two days later, the murderer is found dead in the river.
This movie is about how the bereaved families of victims can become offenders themselves, and how a detective showing sympathy for personal reasons - he has two daughters the same age as the sex victim - acts against the obligations imposed upon him by his job. So the story and the persons have many layers and fine shades leaving the audience behind without a final answer about what's right and what's wrong.
