# Ritual (2022)

> A Belgian police diver investigating a severed hand in a Brussels canal is pulled into a bleak mystery of personal trauma and national guilt.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/582887

## Facts

- Runtime: 120 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime
- Director: Hans Herbots
- Cast: Marie Vinck, Geert Van Rampelberg, Ériq Ebouaney, Lukas Bulteel, Willem Herbots, Frank Onana, Line Pillet, Babetida Sadjo
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14305564/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: brooding, disturbing, paranoid, dark thriller night, rainy day

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