LUCIA DE B.
synopsis
Nurse Lucia (40) has been present at one inexplicable death too many, and the hospital alerts the police. ADA Judith (28), driven by ambition and genuinely outraged, gets stuck in and Lucia is sentenced to life in prison. But something keeps troubling Judith, and she discovers inconsistencies in witness statements, and even the suppression of lab evidence. Ignored by her superiors, Judith teams up with Lucia’s lawyer, but at every appeal the original guilty verdict is confirmed. Things look bleak until they get the media involved and the biggest miscarriage of justice in Dutch history is finally reversed. Based on a true story.
international title: | Lucia de B. |
original title: | Accused |
country: | Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg |
sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Paula van der Oest |
film run: | 97' |
release date: | NL 03/04/2014, ES 27/05/2016 |
screenplay: | Moniek Kramer, Tijs van Marle |
cast: | Marwan Kenzari, Fedja van Huêt, Barry Atsma, Amanda Ooms, Annet Malherbe, Sallie Harmsen, Jochum ten Haaf |
cinematography by: | Guido van Gennep |
film editing: | Marcel Wijninga |
art director: | Harry Ammerlaan |
costumes designer: | Ellen Lens |
music: | Adam Nordén |
producer: | Reinier Selen |
co-producer: | Klara Björk, Gemma Derksen, Martin Dewitte, Bernard Michaux |
production: | Rinkel Film B.V. |
distributor: | Film Buró |