The Promise

Velkommen til Doc Lounge Volda 30. januar!

Vi starter semesteret med en true crime-dokumentar av de sjeldne. The Promise handler om kjærligheten mellom Jens Söring og Elisabeth Haysom, som fikk dramatiske følger da Nancy sine foreldre ble funnet drept 30. mars, 1985.

Etter filmen vil det bli en samtale med USA-forsker Alf Tomas Tønnesen og vi skal møte regissørene av filmen over skype.

Dørene åpner 19.30 og filmen starter klokken 20.00. Vel møtt!

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The Promise
Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger, 117 min, Germany, USA.

Derek and Nancy Haysom were brutally murdered in their house in Lynchburg, Virginia, on March 30, 1985. Suspicion fell on their daughter Elizabeth and her boyfriend Jens Söring. They flee to Europe, but are caught and extradited to the U.S. Elizabeth is sentenced to 90 years in jail for incitement to murder, Jens Söring to two life sentences. Karin Steinberger, Marcus Vetter and their team spent over three years researching this case, which achieved world-wide notoriety. They uncovered new evidence, including the fact none of the blood samples found at the scene of the crime belonged to Jens Söring. A controversial doc about a great love and perhaps a great injustice, and an American legal system spun out of control.