Der Missbrauch mit dem Missbrauch

Lukas, hero of the movie “Jagten”, is the only male teacher in a small town kindergarten. He is a supposed perpetrator but an innocent man and we experience, how suspicions turn to apparent certainties in kindergarten and the rural community. Klara, a kindergartenchild, loves Lukas, but when she feels refused by him, she tells the female leader of the kindergarten, that Lukas is malevolent, and being urged by her, that she saw his penis. Unprofessional handling of the situation, leading questions and premature blaming mount to uncontrolled emotional displays regarding the topic of sexual abuse in kindergarten and community. It ends in hunting Lukas and his expulsion.