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.

When Luo Xue runs away in anger from her boyfriend, she unwittingly stumbles upon a murder case committed by a pair of harmless-looking young boys and girls. Fearing that word will get out, the secretive pair imprison Luo Xue in the attic. As Luo Xue's "best friend" Su Wen intervenes, things become more and more unpredictable and the truth gradually emerges
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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