The investigation brings her into contact with Chief Inspector Nick Cafmeyer (Geert Van Rampelberg), a character returning from Herbots’ previous Hayder adaptation, The Treatment (2014). As they dig deeper, the mystery reveals ties to a brutal ritual from the end of the colonial period in the Republic of Congo. Core Themes: Guilt and Colonialism

The film highlights the exploitation and atrocities committed in Congo between 1900 and 1960, linking the modern crime to historical acts of revenge and suffering.

The story centers on Kiki (Marie Vinck), a determined police diver specializing in the retrieval of bodies and forensic evidence. Her life and work are upended when she discovers a severed hand in a Brussels canal, an event that pulls her into a dark case involving ritualistic violence.