Re-Creation

Re-Creation

Using fiction to question reality

2025 · 89 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, Mystery, Crime

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

Directed by David Merriman · Written by David Merriman

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