Normalization

Detective story made by Slovak documentary director Robert Kirchhoff which has taken eight years. He ventures into the dark depths of this unresolved and highly covered-up case of kidnapping, rape and murder of a young woman, which has also important political context. The case is familiar to perhaps everyone in Slovakia. In the film Kirchhoff delves into the strange and shocking circumstances of the case, uncovering secret files, intelligence ploys of the communist police and the political elites. He interviews witnesses who have never appeared in front of the court. He brings to the surface hard to believe facts and new findings about this case - one of the biggest traumas of Slovak justice. Last but not least, he recounts the life stories of seven men accused of the murder for whom the case has become a life-long burden and never ending nightmare. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)