The director, Kurt Kuenne, grew up near Silicon Valley. He liked making movies since he was a child. He has a childhood boy named Andrew Bagby, short and chubby, and often plays a comedy, a slayed idiot, and so on in small movies. Andrew is the only child in the family and his mother is British. He set his ambition to go to medical school since he was a child, but was not admitted to medical school when he graduated from college. Later, a medical school admitted him, but in Newfoundland, Canada. At that time Andrew already had a fiancee, but somehow broke up, and then another woman appeared beside him.
She was a Canadian woman, Sherley Turner, twelve years older than him. She was divorced twice and had three children. She was also a graduate of that medical school and graduated two years earlier. At that time, when Andrew's old classmates were getting married, he was invited to be the best man, sometimes with her and sometimes she came uninvited. In the eyes of others, this woman is crazy, they should not be the same kind of people.
After graduating from medical school, A returned to the United States and worked as an intern in a hospital in a small town in Pennsylvania. At the same time, he worked as a family doctor in a clinic. He had a good relationship with his colleagues. S got a job in IOWA state. On November 3, 2001, A told his mentor that he and S had broken up and bought a plane ticket to send her back to the state of love. Two days later, the instructor received a call from A, saying that S is coming and arrived at A's residence at 5 o'clock in the morning. My colleague guessed that S got off the plane and drove back more than 900 non-stop. The visitor was not good. Since we broke up, it is best not to meet and call the police quickly. The instructor also asked him to meet at 7 o'clock in the evening. After nine o'clock in the evening, A didn't show up and went to find him. He was not at home (he lives opposite the clinic). The next day A's body was found in a state park between the hospital and the clinic, where he was shot five times.
All the evidence proves that S murdered A, but it took two weeks for the police to investigate and collect evidence. During this period, S ran back to Newfoundland, Canada. What is amazing is that the Canadian court released her on bail of US$75,000, of which her psychiatrist gave him 65,000.
Two months later, news came that S was actually pregnant with A's child. A's parents can't sit still. The two retired early and moved to Newfoundland, Canada. They must see A's flesh and blood.
In July 2000, a boy named Zachary was born eight months after his father was murdered by his mother. A's parents started fighting for custody, but S, a neurologically unstable murder suspect, actually held custody. Grandparents could only see their children for a few hours a week in the presence of a third party. Later, when S went to prison, the old man and the old lady had a chance to be with his grandson, but only for a short period of two months. When the child was approaching his first birthday, S was released again.
At this moment, Kurt Kuenne had the idea of making a film and wanted to let him know everything about him. He interviewed the family members of both A’s parents and A’s friends, classmates and colleagues, and recorded the activities of Zachary’s first birthday. Perhaps it is a natural emotional connection. The child prefers his grandmother to his mother, which makes S very dissatisfied.
Another month later, the news came that S had disappeared with the child. Later, the body was found at the beach, which proved that S took the child and threw himself into the sea.
An innocent child died of a loophole in the judicial system. Under the premise of observing discipline and law, A's parents got such a result, and it was natural that injustice would complain. There is nothing to lose. They became social activists. In order to fight against the unreasonable system, the responsible persons of the child protection organizations and the court were removed from their posts. The doctor in the heart was deprived of his license. A's father also published a film last year. The best-selling book Dance With Devil. But Canada’s bail regulations have not yet been revised, and a murderer may live and raise children freely, giving him the opportunity to continue doing evil.
In 2006, the relevant investigation report was released. Prior to interacting with A, S had harassed and threatened his lover and attempted suicide, and was accused by his former lover of being inaccessible. She also repeatedly confessed suicidal tendencies to psychologists, but these were ignored by courts and child protection organizations.
Another: The score of this film on IMDB is as high as 8.7, but some people on the forum said that A also has a problem. At the beginning, he hurried away from S because he was eager to date a female technician in the clinic. The child's birthday proves that his relationship with S ended in a hurry.
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