Should you watch The Serpent?
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The Serpent
Series · 2021
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.
The sides of The Serpent
- Charles Sobhraj preying on travellers in 1970s Asia
- His partner Marie-Andrée Leclerc
- A Dutch diplomat trying to stop him
The Serpent is good for you if…
- you want the true story of how Charles Sobhraj was finally caught.
- you like Tahar Rahim as a cold, charming killer.
- you like a diplomat closing in while the killer slips away.
The Serpent is bad for you if…
- you can't watch the murders of real young travellers.
- you lose track when the timeline jumps back and forth.
About: deception · obsession · justice
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