7 Days (2010)

7 Days: Directed by Daniel Grou. With Claude Legault, Rémy Girard, Martin Dubreuil, Fanny Mallette. A doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.

“When police arrest a man for the rape and murder of Dr. Bruno Hamelu0026#39;s 8-year old daughter, the distraught father (a strong performance from Claude Legault) seeks revenge, kidnapping the suspect and subjecting him to a week of unimaginable suffering while the police desperately attempt to track them down.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRevenge is sweet, as the saying goes, but 7 Days challenges this notion: after inflicting untold pain and suffering on his victim, Bruno doesnu0026#39;t feel any better—he is just as empty inside, his grief no less severe than before, his anger unabated. The film questions whether, despite our understandable wish to severely punish the human garbage who commit such evil crimes, revenge might not be the wisest route to take.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSuperb performances, tight direction from Daniel Grou, and some truly disturbing imagery make this film hard to ignore, but it is its highly debatable central theme—to torture or not to torture— that makes 7 Days a more powerful viewing experience than many of the u0026#39;tortureu0026#39; films that weu0026#39;ve had to endure post-Saw.”