On the night of October 12, 2016, twenty-one-year-old Clara Royer was doused in gasoline and burned alive. Who might have done such a barbaric thing? Yohan and the police begin their investigations around Clara′s friends and family. There is no doubt that it was a revenge act by one of the men Clara had dated. When the investigation stalls, the police begin focusing on the victim′s personality and her views of free love. Director Dominik Moll, a master of thrillers, goes beyond a simple murder case and immerses the audience in a thorough investigation of violence against women as a whole. Who is the faceless killer? A man who thinks a woman′s body is his own, and every man who is ready to kill a woman to prove his power. Based on a true story, The Night of the 12th digs into the darkness of the human soul. Its gritty tone has led many French critics and audiences to compare it with Bong Joonho′s Memories of Murder (2003). (SEO Seunghee)