M.S. de Weereld

Anne is a swimming coach and talent scout. Full of enthusiasm she trains her niece Julie for the state championship. That's why she often clashes with her sister Miriam. Miriam believes that her daughter is overwhelmed by Anne because she gave up her swimming career many years ago under unclear circumstances. On her mother Inge's 65th birthday, there was another argument. Apparently there's a long-kept family secret that's now threatening to surface. Anne's father tries to calm things down, but Anne leaves the party. A short time later, she is afflicted by a panic attack: she thinks she sees a shadow at the bottom of the swimming pool. The same thing happened to her many years ago when she suddenly lost her orientation during the decisive swimming competition. Anne wants to know what's behind her fears.

While studying the behavior of birds on one of the western Florida island wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico, the Wild family encounters hunters and an island recluse.

Priya calls off her relationship with Ramesh when she finds out that he belongs to a poor family. However, when her father narrates his rags-to-riches story, she undergoes a change of heart.

Less than a year ago, Greta's son mysteriously disappeared by the sea. As she and her husband Bruno are struggling with grief, her friend Sina travels to the coast to help them sell their summer beach house. While they are packing everything up and getting ready to move out, Bruno claims to have seen something that confirms the locals' rumors: the appearance of a strange shape coming from the sea.

Misdirection is a psychological thriller. The story is told in real time in one continuous camera shot with no cuts or edits, creating a unique intimacy between the players and the audience. The film explores the theme that people are capable of anything when in the grips of obsession. Our characters, abducted to a remote location deep in the woods, face the defining moment in their lives. They're deceived at every turn, everything they're told is a lie, and their situation deteriorates quickly with unexpected twists and deadly consequences. It is sleight of hand, misdirection, and nothing is what it seems.