The Twelve: The Botox Murders

Original Title|De twaalf: De botoxmoorden

8 x 50' | 2026 (Post-production)

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Writer	Marie Enthoven, Willem Wallyn
Director	Brecht De Groot
Producer	Peter Bouckaert

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Twelve jurors deliberate on the facts during the trial of the spectacular Botox poisoning of a world-famous writer and his pregnant wife at their twins' gender reveal party. Their view of the case will change the lives of everyone involved, including their own, forever.

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Daniël Dhaenens, author of the world-famous children's book The Child with 1000 Faces, is poisoned along with his second wife Daphne. During the gender reveal party, they inhaled the highly toxic botox contained in the smoke cannons that the parents-to-be fired at each other to announce the gender of their twins. After investigation, Klara, the Russian translator of the book who fled to Germany just before the party, and Francis Dhaenens, the son from the author's first marriage, who made a spontaneous confession, are referred to the assize court. Twelve random citizens must decide on the question of guilt and the punishment for those involved in this highly publicized case, while each of the jurors also leads their own lives, with their own problems.
Daniël Dhaenens, auteur van het wereldberoemde jeugdboek Het kind met 1000 gezichten, wordt met zijn tweede echtgenote Daphne vergiftigd tijdens de gender reveal na het inademen van het uiterst giftige botox dat in de rookkanonnen zat waarmee de aanstaande ouders elkaar beschoten om het geslacht van hun tweeling aan te kondigen. Na onderzoek worden Klara, de Russische vertaalster van het boek die net voor het feest naar Duitsland vluchtte, en Francis Dhaenens, de zoon uit het eerste huwelijk van de auteur, die een spontane bekentenis aflegde, naar het assisenhof verwezen. Twaalf willekeurige burgers moeten zich uitspreken over de schuldvraag en de strafmaat voor de betrokkenen in deze gemediatiseerde zaak, terwijl elk van de juryleden ook een eigen leven leidt, met hun eigen problemen.

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2026
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Post-production
Original title
De twaalf: De botoxmoorden
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Dutch, French

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8 x 50'

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Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

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2026: Film Festival Oostende (BE)

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