South Africa, 1987. A rainy night near Pretoria. A young white man is driving when a minibus unexpectedly cuts him off. The man jumps out of his car and starts shooting, leaving seven black footballers dead. The perpetrator, 19-year-old prison officer Leon Labuschagne, is put on trial. Though his apparently hopeless case is taken by reputable defence lawyer John Webber, a death sentence seems inescapable. Webber begins to investigate what led this young father to commit such a heinous act. Did the murders have something to do with his prison job? Is it really true that over the course of two years he had to carry out 160 executions? This suggestive drama, based on a true story, reveals the traumatic experiences of a law-enforcement worker forced to be an executioner. A cinematic reflection on individual and collective guilt, and how violence only breeds further violence, the film makes a persuasive case against the death penalty. At this year’s Berlinale, the film placed third in the Panorama section’s audience competition.