• Bonds of Betrayal  - 2015

  • Dimitra Demetriades
  • Unrepped
  • Available
  • Thriller
  • Scouted
  • 76
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A troubled detective investigating the brutal murder of a young girl commits suicide. Six months later, her lover investigates the murder of a middle-aged man only to realize the two cases might be connected.
A detective mourning the death of his ex-partner and lover is caught in a brand new case that involves the twisted family dynamics between a murdered man's ex-wife and daughters. While attempting to solve the murder and protect one of the daughters from her dangerous life of prostitution, the detective begins to suspect that this case has something to do with the one his deceased partner was investigating.
A emotionally tortured detective is tasked to solve the murder of a middle-aged man, with his daughter as the primary suspect. As he investigates the case, he finds that there is a connection to cases long ago, including one that took the life of his former lover six months earlier.
Film
Film, Crime, Drama, Detective, Film Noir, Cop/FBI/CIA, Murder
120
R
Medium
M
White / European
39
Attractive
The Black Daliah, Mommie Dearest, Sunset Boulevard, Top of the Lake (TV), The Killing (TV), Law and Order SVU (TV), Stoker, Every Secret Thing
Present Day/ Several weeks with flashbacks
100% Dunedin, New Zealand including a police station, several apartment buildings, a cabin, a motel, an auto repair shop, a bank, a gas station, a ferry station,a ferry, a restaurant, a diner, a lake, a mountainside, a steep residential street, an alleyway, and various streets
Detective TRACEY-ANN PETERSON (35), pregnant and alone at a cabin, sees a news reporter showing the death of MEGAN BROWN (16), who was a witness in the unsolved death of CHLOE SHAW (16), a case that Tracey-Ann is investigating. She calls partner Detective VINCENT ZAMBRANO (39), expressing shock and fear over the news. She’s notices that she’s bleeding, and in fear, leaves the cabin. Just as Vincent drives up to meet her, she crashes her car over the side of a cliff and dies.

Later, Vincent burns Tracey-Ann’s boxes of notes, evidence, and pictures. It’s clear that the two were involved, and that he doesn’t want to endure the pain of pursuing her case.

Several months later, Vincent and current partner CHRISTIE SHEPARD (35) investigate the murder of DAVYN THORBURN (52). Vincent remembers him as someone who provided a lead in the Chloe Shaw case, but nothing came of it. Vincent and Christie soon suspect Davyn’s daughter MONICA THORBURN (22), with whom he had a meeting set at the time of his death.

Vincent go to Monica’s home, where her mother ISABEL THORBURN (41), Davyn’s ex-wife, and uptight sister LEAH THORBURN (20), live. Isabel and her daughters have a disturbing, violent...