The Treatment
Premièred in the UK by Frightfest, released in cinemas early this year and now out on DVD, The Treatment is a Belgian crime thriller with a very dark core, exploring the subject of child abuse. Its hero, Nick (Geert Van Rampelberg), had a brother who was abducted when they were kids, and now, as a police detective, he’s faced with a case that brings back troubling memories. If the story sounds familiar, that’s probably because it was a best selling novel before being adapted for the screen. This version is directed by Hans Herbots, best known in the UK for his work on hit TV series The Spiral, so we arranged to talk about how it came about.
A warm and friendly person whom you might not expect to be telling dark stories like this, Hans is also a father of three, a fact very much in evidence.
Premièred in the UK by Frightfest, released in cinemas early this year and now out on DVD, The Treatment is a Belgian crime thriller with a very dark core, exploring the subject of child abuse. Its hero, Nick (Geert Van Rampelberg), had a brother who was abducted when they were kids, and now, as a police detective, he’s faced with a case that brings back troubling memories. If the story sounds familiar, that’s probably because it was a best selling novel before being adapted for the screen. This version is directed by Hans Herbots, best known in the UK for his work on hit TV series The Spiral, so we arranged to talk about how it came about.
A warm and friendly person whom you might not expect to be telling dark stories like this, Hans is also a father of three, a fact very much in evidence.
- 9/15/2015
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden, Dominique Van Malder, Roel Swanenberg, Kyan Steverlynck, Ingrid De Vos, Michael Vergauwen, Circé Lethem, Brit Van Hoof, Tibo Vandenborre, Stan Puynen, Roy Aernouts, Jan Hammenecker | Written by Carl Joos | Directed by Hans Herbots
Detective Inspector Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg) is an adult man stuck in a childhood nightmare – the unresolved abduction of his older brother Bjorn when they were both under ten. The main suspect, and known paedophile, Ivan Plettinckx (Johan Van Assche) is interviewed by the police but there’s no evidence to convict him at the time. Haunted by memories of seeing him taken and consumed by guilt Cafmeyer has made Plettinckx his life’s work. The appearance of his nemesis in his back garden goading him with his presence coincides with a horrific new crime. A husband and wife are discovered tied to up, beaten,...
Detective Inspector Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg) is an adult man stuck in a childhood nightmare – the unresolved abduction of his older brother Bjorn when they were both under ten. The main suspect, and known paedophile, Ivan Plettinckx (Johan Van Assche) is interviewed by the police but there’s no evidence to convict him at the time. Haunted by memories of seeing him taken and consumed by guilt Cafmeyer has made Plettinckx his life’s work. The appearance of his nemesis in his back garden goading him with his presence coincides with a horrific new crime. A husband and wife are discovered tied to up, beaten,...
- 9/13/2015
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden, Dominique Van Malder, Roel Swanenberg, Kyan Steverlynck, Ingrid De Vos, Michael Vergauwen, Circé Lethem, Brit Van Hoof, Tibo Vandenborre, Stan Puynen, Roy Aernouts, Jan Hammenecker | Written by Carl Joos | Directed by Hans Herbots
Detective Inspector Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg) is an adult man stuck in a childhood nightmare – the unresolved abduction of his older brother Bjorn when they were both under ten. The main suspect, and known paedophile, Ivan Plettinckx (Johan Van Assche) is interviewed by the police but there’s no evidence to convict him at the time. Haunted by memories of seeing him taken and consumed by guilt Cafmeyer has made Plettinckx his life’s work. The appearance of his nemesis in his back garden goading him with his presence coincides with a horrific new crime. A husband and wife are discovered tied to up, beaten,...
Detective Inspector Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg) is an adult man stuck in a childhood nightmare – the unresolved abduction of his older brother Bjorn when they were both under ten. The main suspect, and known paedophile, Ivan Plettinckx (Johan Van Assche) is interviewed by the police but there’s no evidence to convict him at the time. Haunted by memories of seeing him taken and consumed by guilt Cafmeyer has made Plettinckx his life’s work. The appearance of his nemesis in his back garden goading him with his presence coincides with a horrific new crime. A husband and wife are discovered tied to up, beaten,...
- 4/3/2015
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Gosfilmofond to collaborate with Greenaway [pictured] on Eisenstein Among Friends; director is currently shooting Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
Peter Greenaway is planning a second film about the legendary Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
The Russian Federation’s National Film Foundation (Gosfilmofond) announced this week that it is planning to collaborate with Greenaway on the project Eisenstein Among Friends.
The Foundation’s director Nikolai Borodachev said that there had already been plans at his institution for a film about Eisenstein based on its own research work about the director’s 1931 film Que Viva Mexico.
Borodachev explained that the project would be partly financed by a bank from Switzerland.
In addition, Greenaway has expressed interest in having his own films digitally restored at the Foundation’s facilities in Moscow.
Discussions about the Eisenstein project and the restoration plans will be continued when Greenaway comes to Moscow in mid-April to launch the UK-Russia Year of Culture. Staged with the...
Peter Greenaway is planning a second film about the legendary Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
The Russian Federation’s National Film Foundation (Gosfilmofond) announced this week that it is planning to collaborate with Greenaway on the project Eisenstein Among Friends.
The Foundation’s director Nikolai Borodachev said that there had already been plans at his institution for a film about Eisenstein based on its own research work about the director’s 1931 film Que Viva Mexico.
Borodachev explained that the project would be partly financed by a bank from Switzerland.
In addition, Greenaway has expressed interest in having his own films digitally restored at the Foundation’s facilities in Moscow.
Discussions about the Eisenstein project and the restoration plans will be continued when Greenaway comes to Moscow in mid-April to launch the UK-Russia Year of Culture. Staged with the...
- 3/27/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
First images released of period drama Eisenstein In Guanajuato.
Peter Greenaway, the British director of more than 50 films including The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, has started shooting his new film, Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
The feature centres on legendary filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein - the director of Battleship Potemkin - with Finnish actor Elmer Bäck (The Spiral) playing the title role.
Mexican actor Luis Alberti plays the role of his guide (Palomino Cañedo), South African actor Stelio Savante is Hunter S Kimbrough and Lisa Owen plays Mary Craig Sinclair.
The international co-production is led by producers Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting from Submarine and San Fu Maltha from Fu Works. The entire film will be shot in Guanajuato, Mexico.
France’s Rezo Film is the film’s sales agent and it is expected to receive a theatrical release in September 2014.
The film shows how Russian-born Eisenstein spent ten days in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1931, during...
Peter Greenaway, the British director of more than 50 films including The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, has started shooting his new film, Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
The feature centres on legendary filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein - the director of Battleship Potemkin - with Finnish actor Elmer Bäck (The Spiral) playing the title role.
Mexican actor Luis Alberti plays the role of his guide (Palomino Cañedo), South African actor Stelio Savante is Hunter S Kimbrough and Lisa Owen plays Mary Craig Sinclair.
The international co-production is led by producers Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting from Submarine and San Fu Maltha from Fu Works. The entire film will be shot in Guanajuato, Mexico.
France’s Rezo Film is the film’s sales agent and it is expected to receive a theatrical release in September 2014.
The film shows how Russian-born Eisenstein spent ten days in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1931, during...
- 2/4/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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