The Ordeal

In the past ten years the Slovak citizens trust in justice has fallen sharply Thanks to the access to Threema messages of Marian Kočner a businessman under investigation in relation to the murder of the journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová a vast corruption network within state administration and the justice system has been revealed Disintegrating the merciless machinery including corrupt judges rich and influential businessmen mafia politicians and innocent citizens alike is all but an easy task Reflecting on the longterm crisis of the Slovak justice system Zuzana Piussis investigative documentary asks whether the justice system with its many failures can ever be corrected