In Your Hands

In Your Hands

2011 · 85 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama

Stockholm Syndrome. Feelings arise between a young kidnapper and his victim, a woman surgeon. He seeks revenge for a medical accident that prevents him from living peacefully and decides to kidnap the woman he holds responsible. When the latter manages to escape, she can't stop to meet her kidnapper again, for reasons of love and of vengeance.

Directed by Lola Doillon · Written by Lola Doillon

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