She killed for the Khmer Rouge at 15. Now she's his lover. Justice just got complicated.
Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestUN human rights lawyer Morten Topsøe is sent to Cambodia to catch war criminals. He falls in love with a woman who, at the age of 15, was an executioner during the Khmer Rouge reign of terror. Ultimately, Topsøe finds himself torn between the fight for justice and the protection of his loved one.
Acting
Laura Bach's controlled devastation as a former child executioner.
Direction
Pedersen juxtaposes sleek Danish bureaucracy with Cambodian ghosts.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Khmer Rouge trials were still ongoing when this aired; Denmark actually did contribute prosecutors to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Director Pedersen spent years as a documentary filmmaker in Cambodia, which explains why the location work feels uncomfortably authentic rather than tourist-gaze.
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