The Women and the Murderer: Made by Women for Women
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.

After encountering a young girl’s suicide at the end of his night shift, Commissioner Cihan finds no answers while attempting to solve the mystery behind her death. This growing uncertainty eventually drags him into a desperate struggle against the void of his own existence.
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.
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