TBS (2008)

Director
Pieter Kuijpers

Main cast
Theo Maassen; Lisa Smit

Genres
Thriller, Crime

Description
Johan has been locked up - wrongly in his opinion - for the murder of his father and little sister. His mother is the only one who can prove his innocence, but he hasn't been able to contact her for years. When he is transferred within the psychiatric prison to the long-stay department, it's the last straw. He decides to escape and to go looking for his mother.


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