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The Memory of a Killer

Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl, he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his employers.

Release Date : 2003-10-15

Language :Dutch

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TROS Bridge RightsMMG Film & TV ProductionPVPicturesTV1

Production Country : BelgiumNetherlands

Alternative Titles : The Alzheimer AffairThe Alzheimer Case

Cast

Character Name : Eric Vincke

Original Name : Koen De Bouw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Freddy Verstuyft

Original Name : Werner De Smedt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angelo Ledda

Original Name : Jan Decleir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baron Henri Gustave de Haeck

Original Name : Jo De Meyere

Gender : Male

Character Name : Majoor De Keyzer

Original Name : Filip Peeters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linda de Leenheer

Original Name : Hilde De Baerdemaeker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom Coemans

Original Name : Geert Van Rampelberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean de Haeck

Original Name : Tom van Dyck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Van Parys

Original Name : Johan van Assche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Seynaeve

Original Name : Gene Bervoets

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Van Camp

Original Name : Lucas Van den Eynde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bieke Cuypers

Original Name : Laurien van den Broeck

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anja

Original Name : Deborah Ostrega

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vader Cuypers

Original Name : Dirk Roofthooft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilles Resnais

Original Name : Patrick Descamps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dienster

Original Name : Anne-Caroline Suberville

Gender : Female

Character Name : Taxi Driver

Original Name : Jan Dyck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Miek Van Bocxtaele

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eva Van Camp

Original Name : Els Dottermans

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ine Van Camp

Original Name : Anaïs Terryn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henriette Seynaeve

Original Name : Lone van Roosendaal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paolo Ledda

Original Name : Roland De Jonghe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Katrien Vandendries

Gender : Female

Character Name : Businessman

Original Name : Ludo Hoogmartens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lemmens

Original Name : Bart Slegers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Opdebeeck

Original Name : Marc Peeters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Verheyen

Original Name : Tom Waes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Abbeloos

Original Name : Eddy Vereycken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Housekeeper

Original Name : Kristine Arras

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph Vlerick

Original Name : Vic de Wachter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Masseuse

Original Name : Babett Manalo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police Motorcyclist

Original Name : Jan Van Looveren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor Bracke

Original Name : Jappe Claes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chaplain

Original Name : Marc Janssen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Peter Borghs

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charley Pasteleurs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Cela Yildiz

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-03

One could say, and would more often than not be proven right, that European films boast a maturity and sophistication sorely lacking in Hollywood movies. However, now and then Old Continent filmmakers can’t help but succumb to the vices of their American counterparts, and the outcome is something along the lines of this movie – which not only features an appearance by the dreaded Red Digital Readout, but also revolves around a Hitman with a Selective Conscience (who additionally happens to be physically old and mentally infirm, none of which prevents him from being always One Step Ahead). The killer’s name is Angelo, and as the AllMovie overview correctly points out, “it goes against Angelo's principles to kill a child.” I’m pretty sure the word “principles” is used in that sentence for lack of a better term, because as far as tenets go, Angelo’s are seriously warped. From a strictly moral standpoint, there is absolutely no difference between murdering an adult and murdering a child, but somehow we are supposed to be able to tell a ‘good’ assassin from a ‘bad’ one based on whether or not they are willing to make age distinctions. What doesn’t occur to Angelo and his ilk is that children grow up to become adults, so that in a few years it will magically no longer be against his principles to kill the very same person whose life he is currently so hell-bent on preserving (and who’s to say what the cutoff age is anyway? What if I remain a child at heart?). By the same token, we are all somebody’s children – even God’s children if you want to get theological about it –, aren’t we? So technically we should all be off limits. But who knows? Maybe this double standard is a sign of the character’s cognitive decay, in which case director Erik Van Looy is a whole lot more clever than I’m giving him credit for (I sincerely doubt it, though).