Difficult

I won't recommend The Treatment because the subject matter is so difficult to handle.  I generally avoid films and novels where children are the victims.  This is a typical European noir thriller in so many ways but the hunt for the pedophile serial killer takes on a convoluted examination of victimization and the shame inherent in the way it is handled by law enforcement, medicine, community and the victim's own psyche.  There are great performances, taut editing and ominous cinematography.  Geert Van Rampelberg is superb as the troubled investigator.  He reminds me of a young Javier Bardem.