False Confessions (2018)

Directed by

Katrine Philp

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Danish defense attorney works to stop false confessions and keep innocent people out of prison. The film follows four of her cases to show how and why someone admits to a crime they did not commit, and what that means for them and everyone around them.

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What happens

False Confessions er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2018 instrueret af Katrine Philp. Den danskfødte forsvarsadvokat Jane Fisher-Byrialsen kæmper for at forhindre falske tilståelser, så færre ender i fængsel for forbrydelser, de ikke har begået. Gennem fire af hendes sager, der involverer falske tilståelser, undersøger filmen de psykologiske aspekter, der er i spil, når mennesker tilstår noget de ikke har gjort, og hvilke konsekvenser det har for dem, deres familier og for samfundet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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