A Verdade Sobre o Caso Deventer

Based on a true case, this movie follows the dramatic ins and outs of a murder case as it proceeds through a flawed judicial system. It also shows how a person can be convicted and punished in the court of public opinion thanks to social media, regardless of the facts. It inadvertently also points out the limitations even of the movie's heroes, the "responsible" media who figure things out too slowly and in small bits and pieces.

On the downside, the movie has some problems. In a case that covers this much time, it was pointless to have a brief initial scene, then going back two years and plodding through a decade of the case. And it might have been a stronger movie had it focused not on the journalist, but on the character played by the excellent Yorick van Waginengen.

Still, an interesting movie, well worth watching.