Double Jeopardy

• Thriller
• Crime
• Mystery

A taut psychological thriller, *Double Jeopardy* explores the chilling consequences of a fabricated reality and a mother’s desperate fight against a system that failed her. Libby Parsons, exonerated yet haunted by the conviction of her husband’s murder, navigates a fraught landscape of legal loopholes and simmering rage, driven by the unsettling possibility he orchestrated his own disappearance to escape a life with her – and to take their son. The film distinguishes itself from typical revenge narratives by grounding its suspense not in action, but in the protagonist’s meticulous, calculated pursuit and the unsettling ethical ambiguities of her situation: she’s legally unable to be tried again for the crime, creating a terrifying freedom to exact her own justice. The narrative examines the theme of identity crisis through Libby’s reinvention as both hunter and hunted, her determination fueled by a primal need to reclaim both her freedom and her child, forging an unusual path towards a deeply unsettling form of closure.